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ing-room in all weathers by means of a giazea cor- 

 ridor. The cost of such a design as this, though of 

 coui'se more than that of the preceding, will, owing 

 to the principle of construction, be found moderate 

 for the substantial and chaste appearance produced. 



Glazed Corridors or Passages. — Conserva- 

 tories, of whatever form or size, are, in fact, robbed 



beautiful than the far more pretentious plant-house 

 to which they lead. By some such contrivance the 

 conservatory jDroper — that is, the house mainly de- 

 voted to the artistic display of plants in bloom — 

 should be brought within easy and comfortable reach 

 of the drawing or sitting-room in all weathers. Such 

 charming resorts, pleasing at all times, are doubly 

 enjoyable when the weather without is so wet and 



of full half their charms when they are detached 

 from the dwelling-house, their usefulness decreasing 

 as their distance from the dwelling-house increases. 

 Even in the case of large conservatories or green- 

 houses, such as Fig. 24, which structural, cultm^al, or 

 other reasons may require to be removed to a con- 

 siderable distance, glass verandahs or glazed pas- 

 sages, from four to six or more feet wide, according 

 to their length, are invaluable as connecting links 

 between the dwelling-house and the conservatories. 

 Such structures, skilfully clothed with climbers, and 

 furnished with a single row of well-grown plants on 

 one or both sides, not unfrequently become more 



inclement as to render out-of-door exercise unplea- 

 sant or impossible. 



Large Conservatories.— As these are nearly 

 always built to skilled designs or under skilled super- 

 intendence, it would be useless to enter into any 

 detail about them. But one general remark should be 

 made. AVhereas in most of the smaller conserva- 

 tories and green-houses, convenience and capacity of 

 storage are the chief considerations, in larger houses 

 some dignity and grandeur of appearance are im- 

 peratively called for by good taste ; and a certain 

 amount of direct ornament may add to this, without 



