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121 
Houses, a plan at once comprehensive in design, and economical in prin¬ 
ciple, is well deserving of consideration. By this plan it is proposed to 
supersede expensive walls as a boundary to gardens, by substituting fruit 
and plant houses in their stead; and, by this means, it is argued, the culti-' 
vator will have all his fruit trees completely under control, and safe from 
the vicissitudes of climate, while by heating some and regulating the supply 
of air to others, the crops may be forwarded or retarded so as considerably 
to prolong the season of supply. Many of the finer kinds of fruits, also, 
which are now unknown save in peculiarly favoured localities, might by 
such a provision, be secured in plenty and perfection in all. 
These new houses of Mr. Ormson’s have the recommendation of being 
simple, efficient, and substantial, and, as we are informed, at the same 
time very moderate in cost. They are made in two forms, the one of which 
is more particularly adapted for fruit growing upon trellises, as represented 
by fig. 1. This house is 10 feet in width, and 8 feet 3 inches high, but can 
