6 



THE GREEN-HOUSE. 



dure, gay colours, and fragrance, blended with books, 

 sofas, and all the accompaniments of social and 

 polished life. 



The next best situation is where the green-house 

 communicates with the drawing-room, to which, by 

 evening illumination, it may lend the same charms as 

 to the morning-room. 



The next best is where the green-house communi- 

 cates with the porch, entrance -hall, saloon, or billiard- 

 room (fig. 2. Gr.) ; and in this case, when the en- 

 trance to a house is from the north, a noble conserva- 

 tory or green-house may be projected from the south 

 front, and seen and enjoyed from the windows or 

 glass-doors of the rooms on each side the entrance 

 hall. 



Fig. 2. 



Sometimes the green-house is placed against a 

 wall, or some of the appendage buildings of the 

 house, and is communicated with by a glazed pas- 

 sage from the library or drawing-room ; or by a pas- 

 sage inclosed with lattice-work on the south-side, a 

 wall on the north, and the roof glazed. Various 



