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Iporm of Stages atid Shelves 



curtailed in their length, which will render a little alteration in 

 the sizes and forms of the clumps necessary. In frontages of this 

 size, a considerable variety of elegant plants and flowers might 

 be introduced, and such a selection made as would give con- 

 siderable pleasure in their culture to amateurs in a small way. 

 Portland Place, 1835. 



Art. V. On the best Form of Stages and Shelves Jhr the Display of 

 Green-house Plants. By Mr. T. Rutger. 



The green-house and conservatory always afford me a high 

 treat, and particularly when stocked with the more rare and 

 beautiful plants : but it is one thing to have a good collection of 

 plants, and another to have them so disposed as to enable spec- 

 tators to view each particular plant with advantage. High stages 

 are by no means well adapted for this purpose ; and we gene- 

 rally find plant-houses in the nurseries more suitable for dis- 

 playing green-house plants, than green-houses in gentlemen's 

 gardens. These last are, indeed, generally constructed rather 

 for the sake of convenience, than for making a display and 



