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The Conservatory . 
attaching conservatories to back entrances ; all we mean is, that as it is not 
always possible to place the structure where it should be for the most agreeable 
mode of access, it is well to consider before plans are drawn, if it be possible 
even at the sacrifice of a few proprieties, to secure a way to it in the worst 
weather without encountering the damp and cold with which in this country 
we are too painfully familiar. We will suppose a lady to be interested in 
plants, and the happy possessor of a well-furnished conservatory. If it is far 
removed from the dwelling-house, what a deprivation of accustomed amusement 
will a week of snow and frost, or of fog, rain, or blustering wind occasion ! 
Or, on the other hand, what risk of health must be encountered by braving 
the storm, if enthusiasm should supersede prudence! Such an one would 
rather go round about, say through a kitchen or the gardener’s shed, to get 
amongst her floral pets than not see them at all; and the grand way across 
the garden by which visitors are taken will be none the less grand because 
of the additional convenience in view of bad weather and quiet times. We 
often see conservatories of the very best type as to construction and contents 
removed just far enough to afford no advantage by distance from the house, 
though enough to render them useless so far as to amusement in bad weather, 
or a dangerous temptation to persons of delicate health who take a constant 
interest in plants. A covered way, or 
glass corridor, is the best ordinary 
mode of establishing communications 
with the conservatory when it does not 
happen to be too far removed. If a 
sufficient space for this be granted, it 
becomes an addition to the conser¬ 
vatory itself, and may be made to 
answer admirably for camellias, orange 
trees, and other nearly hardy subjects, 
or it may be made a museum of 
curiosities. As a rule, the best way to 
deal with a glass corridor is to form a 
border outside , and in that border to 
plant vines or other hardy plants 
suitable to be brought in and be trained 
over the roof. These give shade in summer, and offer no obstruction to 
light in winter, and if the place is not heated they suffer nothing. 
A PLAIN CONSERVATORY AGAINST 
DWELLING-HOUSE. 
