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THE GREEN-HOUSE. 



of large towns, that old or used green-houses are to 

 be purchased, at sales of villas or nursery grounds, 

 at a very low rate. We think it essential to caution 

 the amateur against the purchase of any of these, at 

 least as a green-house to communicate with a house. 

 There is not one green-house in a hundred that will 

 fit two different situations ; and if the situation is to 

 be fitted to the green-house, there is little doubt that 

 the result will be what tradesmen call a bungling 

 job. Besides, the green-houses erected by nursery- 

 men are generally of the coarsest materials and 

 workmanship, and quite unfit for being objects of 

 taste or accompaniments of elegance. 



But the improved methods, both of building and 

 heating green-houses, &c., are now so well under- 

 stood, that no hot-house builder can fail in giving 

 satisfaction. 



