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THE GREEN-HOUSE. 



which it dries up the damps generated during the 

 night, and for the illumination of their foliage and 

 flowers to the spectators in the living-room, is not the 

 only position. Direct south is nearly as good ; and 

 east, and from that any point to south-west, will an- 

 swer well. A west aspect has least beauty at that 

 time of the day when it is most wanted ; it is in the 

 shade all the morning, and especially in the mornings 

 of winter, when what is in shade is cold, moist, and 

 uninviting. Besides, a green-house with a west or 

 even south-west aspect, requires much more fuel to 

 keep it heated, than one in any other aspect. 



A green-house is sometimes placed in an angle or 

 recess of a house, in whose architecture there are 

 several breaks. This, other circumstances being 

 favourable, answers very well where the exposure is 

 to the south ; but when the aspect is east or west 

 it is worse than any, because during winter the 

 influence of the sun is little felt before eleven, or 

 after two o'clock, and between eleven and two very 

 few of his rays would fall on an eastern or western 

 surface. In short, south, and south south-east, as we 

 have said before, are the only aspects for a green- 

 house to be enjoyed as a winter garden. A green- 

 house to be supplied with a succession of forced 

 plants from pits and stoves, may be put in any position, 

 and if expense of fuel is no object, may even front 

 the north ; but this is a sort of green-house attended 

 with greater expense than is contemplated by our 

 present views of the subject. 



