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THE GREEN-HOUSE. 



should undoubtedly harmonize with that whole of 

 which it is a part. But much less will effect this 

 harmony than what is generally imagined. Few old 

 villas, on a small or moderate scale, display much 

 of design in their masonry or brick work. With all 

 such, any plain form of glazed structure (fig. 3.) 

 will accord. 



Fig. 3. 



In more modern houses, where columns, pedi- 

 ments, cornices, and other architectural finishings, 

 present themselves, something of the same kind 

 should enter into the architecture of the green-house 

 (fig. 4.); but always in a subordinate degree, and 

 never so as to interfere with the admission of suffi- 

 cient light for the health of the plants, or the power 

 of adequate heating and ventilation. 



Fig. 4. 



Where a house is characterized by some particular 

 style of architecture, it is easy to impress that style 



