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DESCRIPTION OF THE RANGE OF HORTICUL- 
TURAL HOUSES. 
The range of Horticultural Buildings for the New York 
Botanical Garden will be made up of thirteen houses, cover- 
ing an area, exclusive of cellar space, of about forty-five 
thousand square feet. 
The central feature of the range is a palm house, circular 
in form, one hundred feet in diameter, and in height about 
ninety feet from the terrace level to the finial of the upper 
dome. From either side of this house, running east and 
west respectively, are two connecting wings, each divided 
into compartments; the dimensions of these wings being 
about thirty feet wide by one hundred and sixteen feet long. 
In height they are about twelve feet to cornice line and twen- 
ty-six to the ridge. At the ends are placed houses in the form 
of a cross, with lanterns on roofs, about eighty-four feet wide, 
sixteen feet high to main cornice, thirty-eight feet high to 
lantern cornice, and forty-six feet to ridge. Running south 
from these are two other low connecting houses, thirty feet 
by seventy-five feet each, at the ends of which are two square 
houses with cut corners, fifty feet in diameter, and thirty-five 
feet high to top of domes. Running ‘east and west from 
these are two low houses with octagonal ends, in size about 
thirty-eight by one hundred and three feet each. The front 
elevation of the range is about five hundred feet in length; 
the side elevations are about two hundred and ten feet in 
length. 
The houses enclose a large court, which is approached 
from the south. This court will be utilized for aquatic planting 
and other ornamental features. The main entrances are lo- 
cated on the north and south sides of the palm house, and 
have commodious inner vestibules. Auxiliary entrances are 
located at various other points, in the form of outer vestibules ; 
thus ample entrance and exit facilities are provided for. 
Three of the houses have cellars under them, aggregating about 
eight thousand seven hundred feet of cellar space. These 
