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continue constantly traversing the pond when there is any 

 wind. This room also contains a variety of the warlike 

 instruments of the savages of different countries, a bust of 

 Lord Nelson, one of the Duke of Wellington, some pic- 

 tures in mosaic, and a number of East Indian curiosities. It 

 serves, also, as a lobby to the orangery. 



3, The orangery. The paths are of slate, and the centre bed, 

 or pit, for the orange trees is covered with an open wooden 

 grating, on which are placed the smaller pots ; while the 

 larger ones, and the boxes and tubs, are let down through 

 openings made in the grating, as deep as it may be necessary 

 for the proper effect of the heads of the trees. This house, 

 and that for Orchidaceae, are heated from the boiler indicated 

 at 61. 



4, Orchidaceous and fern house, in which a is the stage for 

 Orchidaceae, and b a cone of rockwork, chiefly of vitrified 

 bricks, for ferns. These ferns, amounting to above two dozen 

 species, all sprang up accidentally from the soil attached to 

 some plants which were sent to Mr. Harrison from Rio 

 Janeiro and other parts of South America. The shelves 

 round the house are also occupied with Orchidaceae, all of 

 which are in pots, in order that, when they come into flower, 

 they may be removed to the green-house ; as, when thus 

 treated, as practised by the Duke of Devonshire at Chats- 

 worth, they continue much longer in bloom, than when kept 

 in the degree of heat necessary for their growth. 



4- c, Lobby between the orangery (3) and the conservatory (5). 



4 d, An aviary for canaries, separated from the conservatory 

 and the lobby by a wire grating, and from the orchidaceous 

 house by a wall. Both the aviary and the lobby have a glass 



