for the Display of Green-home Plants. 



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house, by placing beds of 

 composts in the same 

 form as the stages and 

 platforms are represented 

 in the sketch. 



But let it be under- 

 stood, that, in giving these 

 sketches my principal aim 

 is to draw the attention 

 of your readers to the 

 subject, with the hope of 

 seeing other designs given 

 upon better principles 

 than those now submitted 

 to the public. 



A plausible objection 

 may arise on account of 

 there being a small space 

 sacrificed by this mode of 

 constructing the stages : 

 but which, I think, is 

 more than compensated 

 by the convenience it 

 offers to the real ad- 

 mirer of plants. 



The dotted lines across 

 the footpaths near the 

 back, in fgs. 7. and 8., 

 are intended for small 

 borders to plant creepers 

 in, to be trained against 

 the walls over the stages, 

 so as to meet in the 

 centre. 



If these boards are 

 painted twice with the 

 anti-corrosion paint, 



which you have so 

 strongly recommended in 

 the TLncyc. of Arch., they 

 will have the colour of 

 stone, and a rough sur- 

 face like that material ; 

 and they will endure 

 much longer than when 

 painted with common 

 paint. 



London, June, 1835. 



