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PLAN AND SECTION OF A HOUSE. 
of the sallow in April, without ever asking ourselves why the one flowered so late 
and the other so early. This is another example of the want of attention paid to 
things to which people have been always accustomed. Were a tulip to blow in 
the open air in November, or a white lily in April, the whole country round would 
flock to the wonderful sight ; but the thousand examples of divine wisdom and 
arrangement that are daily passing before our eyes, are neglected or despised. 
Let us inquire whether the tendency of ivy to climb is a wise provision. If one 
great use of the plant in the economy of nature be the protection of animals, would 
the purpose not have been equally answered by an evergreen tree springing at once 
from the ground, and bearing branches like other trees ? No ; because the shelter 
afforded by ivy, growing as it does round trunks, and on walls and arches, is much 
more perfect and secure than could be obtained, perhaps, in any other way. — 
Dr. Drummond. 
KENNEDIA COCCINEA ELEGANS. 
When we figured this very beautiful plant, p. 99, we omitted to state the origin 
of so charming a variety. It was raised from seed of the Kennedia coccinea, by 
Mr. G. H. Bunney, of the Kingsland nursery, in the year 1833, to whom we are 
indebted for our figure. 
The plant grows much stronger than the K. coccinea, and is a very abundant 
flowerer. It may be purchased, at a moderate price, of Mr. Bunney, either at the 
Kingsland nursery, or at the Bedford conservatories, Covent-garden, London, who 
has besides many other choice and beautiful plants. 
PLAN OF A HOUSE FOR GROWING CROPS OF FRUIT IN 
CONNECTION WITH ORNAMENTAL PLANTS. 
Extracted from a Paper on the subject, read before the Caledonian Horticultural Society, 
March 5, 1829. 
This house is forty feet long, by sixteen wide. It is heated by one furnace, 
situated at the east end. The lirst course of heat is carried immediately under the 
pavement to the front flue, by ascending into which it rises one foot in the angle, 
two feet from the front, and the same from the end walls. 
It is carried along this flue thirty six feet, descends under the pavement at the 
west end, and again rises two feet perpendicularly into the back flue, five feet from 
the end wall, and four from the front flue. This part of the flue is thirty feet 
long, and descends in like manner under the pavement at the east end, through 
which it passes into the chimney situated immediately over the furnace. It thus 
makes a circuit of one hundred feet, chiefly round the front half of the house. 
By this arrangement of the flues, the house is more easily heated, and kept in a 
more regular temperature, than by the ordinary methods. 
The stage occupies a space thirty feet by eight, leaving a space of five feet at 
