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References to the Plate. 

 A A. Level of the external soil. 

 B B. Level of the internal soil. 



C. Level of the front walk, which is sixteen inches wide. 



D. Passages to admit the external air eighteen inches distant 



from each other, along the whole front wall. 



E. Passages to permit the escape of heated air. 



F. Recesses six feet distant from each other, to receive in 



part, pots holding Vines and Fig-trees, or Tropical fruit 

 trees. 



G. A pot let half way into the recess. 



H. The situation of the thermometer. 



N. B. The advantages gained by the recesses are, that 

 the stems of the plants intended to be trained against the 

 wall are brought at once close to it, and the back walk in the 

 house is less obstructed by the pots. 



