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THE FLORIST AND PO:.IOLOGIST. 
gutter. The sashes rest against or upon a plate of wood attached to the hack wall, to form 
lean-to roofs, with the cap completing the work fitted to top of wall, or under its coping. To 
form span-roofs, the large sashes are coupled together by strong hinges at top, which will 
allow them to he at any angle, to which the gutters can he arranged, and the ends made 
suitable to complete the structure. The cap is fixed upon the span-roof in the form of an 
inverted V.” 
The saslies, which are made 
of certain fixed dimensions, with 
the ends, and the gutters, with 
their supports, which latter may 
he either posts or piers, form 
the whole material of a Paxton 
House. It is obvious, therefore, 
that it can he set up and taken 
down and removed with very little 
trouble, and this is in fact its 
chief advantage ; though, in ad¬ 
dition, as there is no high or ela¬ 
borate finish, though the work¬ 
manship is sound and good, the 
cost is reduced to a minimum. 
The gutters, of iron or wood, may 
he set on piers with arched walls 
between, as shown in the figure, 
hut the most economical plan 
is to fill up between the supports 
with a hank of earth. 
To describe the various forms 
in which these sashes can he put 
together would occupy too much 
of our sj)ace, and is the less 
necessary, as the reader may he 
referred *to the Handbook itself, 
which is full of useful informa¬ 
tion, and is well worth perusal. 
The cultural directions which 
_ occupy the principal part of its 
pages, are indeed both terse and 
x \ practical, and are sufficiently 
9 vmll A'ncNEOr-j ample to guide the labours of 
the intelligent cultivator to a 
successful issue. 
As one illustration of the 
many purposes to which these 
Paxton Houses may he adapted, 
we give a view of the large winter garden which has been erected for 
B. L. Chance, Esq., Summerfield House, Birmingham. This consists 
of span-roofed houses, constructed with 14-ft. sashes, and so arranged 
as, with lean-to roofs against the walls, and walks of neat paving tiles, 
to form an agreeable promenade of several hundred feet in length. A 
greater amount of enjoyment than most people imagine may he derived 
from structures of this kind, even though they are not artificially heated 
The temperature under a glass roof is at least 5° more than that of the 
exterior atmosphere, and many of our most beautiful fiow T ers, as Camellias 
