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OENAMEKTAX FOLIAGE PLAHTS. 



flowering plants, tlie 

 houses will ia this 

 way afford much 

 more pleasure than 

 under other circum- 

 stances. 



To return, how- 

 erer, to the subject 

 of plant houses : we 

 here give woodcut ^ 

 illustrations, show- 

 ing the end section 

 and general plan of 

 a span-roofed house 

 suitable for the cul- 

 tivation of ornamen- 

 tal-foliaged plants 

 requiring stove treat- 

 ment. The dimen- 

 sions are : — length 

 fifty feet, width 

 twenly feet, and 

 height twelve feet. 

 It is provided with 

 a stage or table of 

 slate next the outer 

 wall, which extends 

 round the sides and 

 ends ; the footpath 

 is three feet wide, 

 and the centre is 

 occupied by a table 

 with a raised stage ] { 

 along the middle ; 



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