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consist of French doors, or casements, with transomes and 

 side-lights, 18 feet 4 inches in height, with deal framing and 

 copper bars; and between the casements are pilasters of 

 brick, faced with Roman cement, and surmounted with an 

 entablature, also of brick and cement. The whole of the con- 

 servatory, with the exception of the brick and stone work, 

 was executed, and its different parts put together, at our ma- 

 nufactory in Birmingham, and afterwards erected in its pre- 

 sent situation by our own workmen. The architect who fur- 

 nished the original design, was C. R. Cockerell, Esq. ; and we 

 think we may safely venture to affirm that the conservatory at 

 the Grange is not surpassed by any thing of the kind in the 

 United Kingdom. 



In the autumn of 1825, we put up a very beautiful conserv- 

 atory for C. Baring Wall, Esq. M. P., at Norman Court ; and 

 have still more recently erected an elegant and highly orna- 

 mental octagonal-shaped conservatory at Shavington Hall, 

 Salop, the seat of the Earl of Kilmorey. 



We are, Sir, respectfully, &c. 



Jones and Clark. 

 Metallic Hot-house Manufactory, 55. Lionel Street, 

 Birmingham, Jan. 27. 1827. 



Art. XVIII. On the Mode of cultivating Early Potatoes in 

 Denbighshire. By a Denbighshire Gardener. 



Sir, 



In Vol. I. p. 405. of the Gardener's Magazine, R. W. ac- 

 quaints your readers how the Lancashire cultivators prepare 

 their early crops of potatoes ; permit me to make known the 

 Denbighshire practice. 



The sorts we chiefly cultivate for early crops, are the Fox- 

 ley, the Nelson, and early kidneys, which are pretty nearly 

 equal in times of ripening. I shall confine myself to the early 

 kidneys, which seem to be nearly like R. WVs " Lady's Fin- 

 gers," or " early Rufford kidney potato." 



We take up all intended for seed next year before they are 

 ripe, just when the outer skin peels off, and before the stalk 

 or stem begins to wither; they are then laid upon a gravel 

 walk, fully exposed to the sun, for a month or six weeks, when 

 they become quite green and soft, as if roasted, and often 

 much shrivelled ; they are then put away, and protected as 

 other potatoes are. In February we examine them, when we 



