and a more economical Mode of using Glass. 



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and fragrance the British botanist knoweth not, and ripen fruits 

 that are as yet strangers in our clime, of whose delicious flavour 

 neither alderman nor mayor has any adequate idea ; and, 

 though the shortness of human life and the parsimony of those 

 who hold the reins of gardeners and the sinews of gardening, 

 may hinder me from seeing this heyday in the full tide of its 

 meridian splendour, I know that it is founded in reason, which 

 must ultimately prevail over old customs and caprice. Yet, de- 

 prived as I may be of this feast of reason, to see gardening rise 

 so high, and so many of the finest flowers and fruits of every 

 land produced with so little cost in our native earth, and beneath 

 the cloudy cold inhospitable skies of Britain, I must console 

 myself, and conclude with the happy alternative, that, if I am not 

 here on earth to see it and rejoice, I hope to be in heaven, 

 where I shall neither murmur nor repine at the glorious gifts 

 that await posterity in this region of thorns. 

 Alton Towers, Shrove Tuesday, 1841. 



Fig. 25. shows a perspective view of the box, with the four 

 notched uprights for holding 

 the sash in its place. Fig. '2Q., 

 view of the sash, in which may 

 be seen the square pivots at 

 the angles. Fig. 27., end view 

 of the box, showing the up- 

 rights at the angles for sup- 



porting the sash, either close 



over the box, or raised to 



different heights to admit 



more or less air. By means 



of the notched uprights, the Fig. 25. 



sash may either be raised 6 in. 



above the box at top and bottom, or it may be raised 3 in. or 



6 in. at the back, and not raised, or raised only 3 in., in front, 



so as to admit more or less air at pleasure, and yet throw off 



the rain ; the sash being in 



any of these cases held firm 



in its place, so as not to be 



liable to be disturbed by 



wind. The pivots which fit 



into the notches are square, 



in order to admit of their 



Hand-Box, as a Substitute for a Hand- 

 Glass. 



Fig. 26. SashforaSubsti-\ • ^ A raftpre nf Fig. 27. Side View of 



tutefor a Hand-Glass. DCmg mOUnieCl OU laiieiS Of Hand-Box. 



different kinds, so as to form 

 coverings to frames, pits, or even forcing-houses. Supposing, 

 says Mr. Forsyth, " a bed of violets, running east and west in the 

 1841. — IV. 3d Ser. p 



