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roof in the same plane as that of the conservatory, as may be 

 seen in Jig. 161. in p. 646. In the winter season, the temper- 

 ature of the aviary being the same as that of the conservatory, 

 the birds require little or no care, except giving them food ; 

 while they sing freely at that season, and greatly enliven this 

 part of the garden scenery. 



5, Conservatory, with vines under the rafters. The walks are of 

 slate, the shrubs are planted in a bed of free soil edged with 

 slate, and the back wall is covered with different species of 

 Passiflora, and with the Tacsbnia pinnatistipula. 



6, Camellia-house. The camellias kept in pots ; the rafters 

 covered with vines, and the back wall with passifloras and 

 other climbers. This house, and also 5, are heated from one 

 boiler, as indicated at 64. 



7, Geranium-house. The roof is in the ridge and furrow 

 manner of Mr. Paxton. This house, and also 8, 9, and 10, 

 are heated from the boiler indicated at 89. 



8, Botanic stove. The roof is in the ridge and furrow manner 

 of Paxton, as shown mjigs. 169, 170, 171. in p. 661. and 662. 

 The sides of the pit are formed of slabs of slate ; and there is 

 a slate box at e, containing a plant of Musa CavendishzV with 

 a spike of fruit, two or three of which ripen off weekly, f\s a 

 cistern for stove aquatics. There is a plant of Brugmans/a 

 suaveolens (Datura arborea L.) 15 ft. high, with a head 13 ft. 

 in diameter. When we saw it, August 10th, 277 blossoms were 

 expanded at once, producing an effect upon the spectator 

 under the tree, when looking up, which no language can 

 describe. Last year it produced successions of blossoms, 

 in one of which 600 were fully expanded at one time. This 

 year it has had five successions of blossoms, and another is 

 now coming out as the plant expands in growth. There is 

 a large Brugmansza coccinea in this house. Both these plants 

 are in the free soil. 9, House for Cape heaths. 



10, Pinery. The roof of this house is in the ridge and furrow 

 manner, in imitation of Mr. Paxton's mode ; from which it 

 differs, in having the ridge about one third higher in pro- 

 portion to the breadth, in having the sash-bar deeper, and 

 placed at right angles to the crown of the ridge and to the 

 furrow, and in having the panes of twice the size which they 

 are in Mr. Paxton's roof. This house was built by Mr. 

 Harrison's carpenter, from the general idea given to him ; 

 and before he had been to Chatsworth to examine the 

 original house with this kind of roof, built there by Mr. 

 Paxton. 



11, Cucumber-pit, on M'Phail's plan. 



12, Succession pine-pit, also on M'Phail's plan, in order to be 

 heated with dung linings. 



