THE SUCCULENT HOUSE AT CLABEMOXT. 



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for them. The annexed diagram of a section is, in om' opinion, the best 

 kind of stnictm-e for this pm-pose. 



The first represents the Succulent house at Claremont, which is one 

 hundred and ten feet long, by eight feet wide. The passage occupies the 

 middle, and on each side is a platform on which the plants stand ; that on 

 the right hand for the taller growing kinds, while those of a more humble 

 growth stand on that on the left. Against the back wall are two shelve s for 

 creeping Succulents, and a small shelf under the roof in front is kept 

 for the most delicate and minute. The house is heated by one flue, which 

 enters at one end and terminates at the other. As one end of this house 

 is so much hotter than the other, in consequence of one fire only being 

 used, the plants that require the greatest heat are placed at that end, and 

 those of a hardier character at the other : thus, the Cactuses, EuphorMas, 

 and Stapelias, occupy the hottest end of the house, and are followed by the 

 Aloe, Crassula, &c., finishing vdth. Sempervivum and Mesembryanthemum, 

 w^hich require the least heat of any. 



The annexed sketch is a Succulent house in the royal gardens at Kew, 

 which is very well adapted for a small collection. The flue {a) extends 

 the whole length of the house under the front platform, and terminates in 

 the back wall at the end farthest from where it entered. 



The most complete house for this section of plants would be, in our 

 opinion, a span-roofed structure, as in the annexed diagram, and such a 

 house fifty feet in length would hold a very complete collection. The 

 scandent Cactce, and otherj slender young kinds, might be trained under 

 the rafters \Nith very^ good effect. In a house of this description, if 



