Le Jardin Fleuriste de la Ville de Paris. 



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where a great number of bedding plants have to be kept, 

 and where means of heating sufficiently to keep out very severe 

 frosts, are not forthcoming. But the ground plan of the range 

 is also worthy of particular notice. By thoughtful attention to 

 that, the men at work in any one of the eighteen houses of 

 the block already completed may pass and convey plants from 

 one to the other without passing through the open air ; and thus 

 one important point, both as regards the comfort of the men and 

 the health of the plant is secured, and in this way. To put it 

 simply, the great mass of long houses is cut in two by a covered 

 glass passage, or rather all the houses communicate with it. This 

 simple diagram will show the arrangement at a glance, and the 



PASSAGE 



Fig. 21. 



passages of tlie various houses diverging from the central covered 

 way. Already nine houses are arranged on each side of this 

 passage, and it is proposed to continue the arrangement till all the 

 ground previously devoted to framing is covered with this excellent 

 class of house. The visitor, entering at the end shown by Fig. 30, 

 and continuing his way through the first house, would at its 

 further end meet with the covered way running at right angles to 

 the houses, and through this he could enter any of the other houses 

 he wished to see without again exposing himself or opening any 

 doors to chill the plants in winter, or running the draughty gauntlet, 

 which he usually has to run where houses are arranged in the 

 ordinary scattered way. Moreover, as in many cases one long 



