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CONTENTS. 



CHAPTER V.— Ventilation, 



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CHAPTER VI.— Fruit-Houses, . 



§ 1. Vineries, .... 



2. Pineries, .... 



3. Peach-Houses, 



4. Cherry, Fig, Plum, and Apricot Houses, 



5. Tropical Fruit House, 



CHAPTER VII.— Plant-Houses, . 

 § 1. Conservatories, 



2. Greenhouses, 



3. Orangeries, 



4. Heath-Houses, 



5. Orchid-Houses, 



6. The Aquarium, 



7. Window Gardening, 



CHAPTER VIII.— Pits and Frames, . 



§ 1. Pits and Frames Heated by Fermentation, 



2. Pits Heated by Smoke Flues, Tanks, Hot- Water Pipes. 



3. Cucumber and Melon Houses, 



4. Mushroom-Houses, .... 



5. Conservative Pits, .... 



CHAPTER IX. — Miscellaneous Garden Structures 

 § 1. Gardeners' Houses, 



2. The Fruit-Eoom, 



3. Ice-Houses, 



4. Tanks and Cisterns, 



5. Apiaries, 



CHAPTER X. — Details of Construction, 

 § 1. Glass and Glazing, 



2. Lights or Sashes, .... 



3. Rafters and Astragals, 



4. Wall-Plates, .... 



5. Covering the Roofs of Glass Houses and Pits, 



sion of cold or the retention of heat, 



6. Espalier Railings, .... 



7. Footpaths, ..... 



8. Painting, ..... 



9. Cements, ..... 



10. On the Preservation of Timber used in Hothouse-building, 



11. On the Durability of Materials, 



CHAPTER XI. — Laying out Flower-Gardens, 



§ 1 . Preliminary Remarks on the Classification of Styles. 



2. Situation of the Flower- Garden, 



3. Flower-Garden Fences, 



4. Planting with a view to produce Effect, 



5. The Arboretum, .... 



6. The Pinetum, .... 



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