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fuchsias, cannas and in general all the tender plants which reach 
ight. 
wo nearly square houses, about sixty feet in width and about 
forty-five feet high, numbered 4 and 11 on the plan, form the 
ends of the range; these are not provided with benches, the 
plants to be preserved in them being set in tubs and boxes ; each 
has twelve vertical columns helping to support the roof, and pro- 
These houses may contain the smaller palms and tree ferns, the 
sago-palms gee the acacias, Cape of Good Hope and New 
Holland 
The west wing, numbered 5, will be the most serviceable grow- 
: aoe 
ange 17.—Plan of Main Horticultural Houses. Portions not constructed 
indicated by dotted lines. 
ing house of the range so far constructed, and here most of the 
propagating must be done until the five houses needed to com- 
plete the design (Nos. 6, 7, 8, g and 10) are built or the regular 
propagating houses to be located near the nurseries on the east 
side of the Park are supplied. This house No. 5 has a length 
of 76 feet, is 28 feet wide and 18 feet high. It is the only part 
of the range so far erected that is provided with a cellar; this is 
however commodious, oe storage room for pots, soil, 
packing and other requisite 
The heating of the entire range is accomplished by steam pipes 
placed in a subway six feet high connecting the conservatories 
with the power house located near the railroad and about six 
