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musk plant, myrtles, box, &c., which grow with- 
out the least trouble. All the vacant spaces in 
the case may be employed in raising small salad, 
radishes, &c. ; and I think that a man would be a 
bad manager, who could not in the course of a 
year pay for his case, out of its proceeds. The 
above remarks apply to situations where there is 
little solar light. 
Where there is a larger amount of sun, a 
greater number and variety of flowering plants 
will be found to thrive — such as the spring bulbs, 
crocuses, irises, hyacinths, narcissuses, tulips, 
& c., with several kinds of roses, passion-flowers, 
and numerous beautiful annuals, the species of 
nemophila, convolvulus, gilias, lupines, &c. The 
vegetation, in fact, can be diversified in an end- 
less degree not only in proportion to the differing 
degrees of light and heat, but likewise by varying 
the quantity of moisture : thus, with precisely 
the same aspect, ferns and bog-plants might be 
grown in one case, and aloes, cactuses, Mesem- 
bryanthemums, and other succulent plants in 
another. 
These cases form the most beautiful blinds 
that can be imagined, as there is not a window in 
London that cannot command throughout the 
year the most luxuriant verdure : indeed, by 
means of their instrumentality, London, or any 
