no 



Conservatory at the Grange, 



inoculated on stocks raised from the kernels of the green gage 

 plum, and I understand with uncommon success." — ■ Cond. 



Art. XVII. Description of the Iron-work and Glazing of 

 the Conservatory at the Grange, the Seat of Alexander Bail- 

 ing, Esq., M.P., F.H.S. Hampshire, erected by Messrs! Jones 

 and Clark, Birmingham. Communicated by Messrs. Jones 

 and Clark. 



Sir, 

 We beg leave to send you an engraved perspective view 

 (from which we have taken^Sg-. 50.) of the interior of a con- 



servatory, which we had the honour to erect for Alexander 

 Baring, Esq. M. P., at his seat, the Grange, Hampshire, in 

 the autumn of 1824, and which has already been noticed in 

 the Gardener's Magazine (vol. i. p. 108.). This magnificent 

 structure is about 100 feet in length, by 50 in breadth, outside 

 dimensions. The roof is wholly composed of metal and glass, 

 the lights of wrought-iron rims, and copper bars, being sup- 

 ported by cast-iron rafters, communicating with gutters or 

 spouts of the same materials ; over the walks is thrown an 

 arched covering, formed of double plates of sheet-iron, resting 

 upon a frame-work of cast-iron, the whole being supported by 

 four ranges of columns, also of cast-iron, extending the whole 

 length of the conservatory. The lights composing the roof 

 are glazed upon an improved circular plan, with perforated 

 leaded laps, which not only prevents all breakage from frost, 

 but at the same time carries off all the condensed steam from 

 within the house. The front and ends of the conservatory 



