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be limited into something like the space they have to grow in, and if 

 any change in the arrangement suggest itself to the owner, it can be 

 readily eifected. The boxes, tubs, or pots may be hid entirely by the 

 mode suggested for the conservatory, and the whole appearance will be 

 as if they were really planted out without any of the inconvenience of that 

 ridiculous practice. 



To those who might object to such capacious houses, we would re- 

 commend one or more small stoves, according to circumstances, upon the 

 principle exhibited in the annexed diagram. A house to be heated by 



one fire, may be fifty feet long, nine feet high at the back, and ten 

 feet wide, having the flue extending along the front and ends. The 

 plants to be placed on a stage, which, to lessen the capacity t» 

 be heated, should be solid underneath: the flue in front, although 

 shown with dark hues around it, is to be understood as standing clear on 

 all sides, and having over it at the distance of ten or twelve inches a 

 trellis, on which plants are to be set, and such should be chosen for this 

 situation as require a slight bottom heat, and also require to be placed 

 nearer to the hght and air. For private amateurs, or where only a limited 

 collection of tropical plants is to be cultivated, such a house would give 

 every satisfaction. 



PROPAGATIOX AXD TREATMENT OF TROPICAL PLANTS WHILE YOUNG. 



In the propagation of Tropical plants all the known modes are occa- 

 sionally adopted, but those by cuttings and seeds are the most successful, 

 and, therefore, the most general. 



\Miere Tropical plants are cultivated to any extent, or where a stove or 



