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servatory at his seat near London. Now the same general 

 form was implicitly followed till within these few years past * : 

 not indeed exactly the same construction ; for certain iron 

 pipes, which Mr. Evelyn ingeniously, but rather unsuccessfully, 

 introduced for the purpose of supplying heated air, have been 

 rejected ; and this has been done evidently without that en- 

 quiry into their intended use, which was due to every scheme 

 devised by that great man. Mr. James Justice, of Crighton 

 near Edinburgh, erected the first pine-stove in Scotland ; and if 

 we observe the plan of this hot-house, as given in Justices 

 British Gardener, we shall observe little or no difference, either 

 in the principles of construction or external appearance, be- 

 tween it and those in general use at the present day. 



With respect to books on hot-houses, there has never yet been 

 published any thing in the way of inquiry into the principles 

 of their construction and general management. Mr. Evelyn, 

 in describing his conservatory, gives two or three hints respect- 

 ing the properties and management of air which are deserving 

 of attention. But in the several books of designs that have 

 been published, not a sentence is to be found respecting the 

 principles, or even the properties, of the designs recommended. 



* Of this any one may be convinced by examining his Kalendarium Hortense, 

 10th Edition, 



