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servatory, that may cover an acre or more of ground, 

 than the Nottingham artisan is of his green-house, 

 a yard wide, two yards long, and a yard and a half 

 high. True, he may have to stoop to enter such a 

 structure ; but he has stooped to conquer nature to 

 good purpose, and his prodigies of successful culture 

 are to him and his family and friends perpetual 

 soui-ces of the highest and purest pleasure. 



Almost all the forms of small green-house lend 

 themselves readily to development. The lean-to 

 form of Fig. 20, 

 somewhat ex- 

 tended, becomes 

 what may be 

 called the aver- 

 age amateur 

 green-house, as 

 seen almost 

 everywhere, and 

 which needs no 

 further descrip- 

 tion. It may 

 only be well to 

 observe that these 

 lean-to houses are 

 sometimes con- 

 structed without 

 lights in the 

 front wall, which 

 should then be 

 made somewhat 

 lower ; as, al- 

 though such 

 shaded sides have 

 their uses, they 

 must not be car- '' 

 ried too far. As 

 a rule, this con- 

 struction is pro- 

 bably adopted in order to confine the glazed work as 

 much as possible to plain "lights," or sashes, rest- 

 ing at once on the lowered front wall. This reduces 

 the cost of building by nearly one-half ; and if the 

 roof is glazed, on stout sash-bars or light i^afters, 

 and roof-lights or sashes also dispensed with, as is 

 often done, the labour and cost of erection will bo 

 still further lessened, while the house may be made 

 even more strong, and will prove quite as durable 

 and efficient. 



The regular or hip- spanned house is equally capable 

 of enlargement, and lends itself more readily (con- 

 sidering the cost) to some amount of ornamentation. 

 Being generally detached and quite independent of 

 any other building, such are made in various standard 

 patterns by most of the horticultural engineers. 

 Many of these can be obtained cheaper than they 



Fig. 22.— Small Okn-amental Attached Consekvatoey. 



could possibly be erected specially ; and of course they 

 are all constructed to be set up on sills as " tenant's 

 fixtui'es." This latter is a point that must always he 

 attended to unless there is a special agreement with the 

 landlord^ who can otherwise claim every sort of glass- 

 house or other structure which may be erected upon 

 his land. Fig. 21 represents an excellent design by 

 Messrs. Deane and Co. of these ready-made conserva- 

 tories ; and it may give a useful idea of their cost to 

 state that this pattern can be delivered free to any 



place in England, 

 size ten feet by 

 eight feet, by ten 

 and a half feet 

 high to the lan- 

 tern, including 

 the staging and 

 heating appara- 

 tus, for £25. Any 

 greater length of 

 such standard 

 patterns can 

 usually be had 

 for somewhat less 

 than a propor- 

 tionate increase, 

 no additional ends 

 being required. 



Attached 

 Conservato- 

 ries. — Small 

 conservatories 

 built against cot- 

 tages or houses 

 are, however, far 

 more easily man- 

 aged than those 

 quite detached,, 

 especially if the latter are placed in the garden at a 

 considerable distance, as is the case with so many of 

 those around Nottingham and many other large- 

 towns. The "attached" conservatory also admits o£ 

 a considerable amount of ornamentation at little ad- 

 ditional cost, especially with the aid of some sort 

 of domed or curved roof (see Fig. 22). AVhere the 

 curved or domed roof is so steep as to necessitate the 

 bending of the glass, this form of roof is expensive. 

 But by following easy gradients as in Fig. 22, straight 

 glass may be used, and most of the advantages of 

 bent glass are obtained without extra cost. 



Domed conservatories, such as the attractive design 

 by Messrs. Weeks and Co., shown in Fig. 23, are, 

 how^ever, most effective when placed at some little dis- 

 tance from the dwelling-house, but still, as is shown 

 in the engraving, brought within reach of the draw- 



