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have ever seen, being more than eighty feet long and twenty-four 

 wide, or thereabouts. From this house immense quantities of 

 plants are turned out in the course of a year, and observe that 

 numbers of these are large-leaved Ficuses and plants difficult to 

 strike, as well as Begonias, bedding plants, and free-rooting stuff. 

 It contains three central and two side beds, the central pits well 

 elevated, every space in active work, and the whole presenting a 

 most imposing array of large bell-glasses. 



The propagating seemed most successful. They do not do it as 

 we do. No pans were used in this house, but very minute pots, a 

 shade larger than a thimble, and into each a cutting is placed, the 

 little pots placed in the tan, and covered 

 with large circular bell-glasses, as shown 

 by fig. 23. The greater part of the 

 house is occupied with these, all of a 

 size, but there are some special arrange- 

 ments for propagating the more difficult 

 subjects, and among these may be noticed 

 what appeared to be an improvement FIG. 23. 



bell-glasses, somewhat of the ordinary 



type, with an aperture in the top about two inches in diameter, into 

 which a moisture-absorbing bit of sponge was squeezed. Nothing 

 could be more business-like than the arrangements for propagating 

 in this house. During winter quantities of Hibiscuses are kept in cool 

 houses here, treated somewhat like Fuchsias they exist without 

 leaves or any trouble in winter. They are now being started gently 

 in warm-houses, and prepared for planting out. The bedding-out 

 in and around Paris is something enormous. It is not confined 

 to grand avenues or parks, or great centres, as with us, but is 

 dotted about wherever there is an open space ; every small square 

 has its garden, each distinct in design ; and almost every round open 

 place has its flower beds filled in the early part of the year with 

 spring flowers, and in summer with bedding and subtropical plants ; 

 so they require abundant space at head-quarters. In one high house 

 devoted to tall palms and other effective-leaved plants may be noticed 



