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whal into the room, and the entire interior inclosed with glass sides or doors as a 
partition from the room. In every case that has come to our notice, where plants 
have been separated alike from the dry injurious air of the living room and the 
outside atmosphere, there has been the liighest success. It is easy to attain a 
good uniform temperature, and the noxious fumes of the gas from stove, grate or 
gas burners, are fully protected against. The design introduced here, (Fig. 7,) 
is a glass case constructed in front of a window and projecting into the room with 
a door opening into it so that it can be easily entered. It would be well to build 
the floor of this house of wood, and a Uttle higher than that of the room so that 
if necessary it can be removed without injury to the house. The lower portions 
of tlie case to the heiirlit of about two feet should be of wainscot. Inside tha 
Fig. 8 Fig. 9. 
cabinet this paneling is lined with .leaden troughs communicating with each 
other, and having a slight slope towards another trough lower than all the rest; 
it should be so contrived, that any water drainingfrora the pots or boxes containing 
the plants, may run offinto the lower trough which should have no flower pots in it. 
In these troughs should be placed wooden or slate boxes filled with earth in 
which climbing plants are placed alternately with Orange Trees, Camellias or 
flowering shrubs, so that they can be seen from the room. It is supposed, also, 
that the outside window is a bow-window or at any rate projects beyond the sides 
of the hou.se. It should also have a sliding window at the top or bottom in case 
Tentilation is desired, but cold air must not be admitted without imperative neces- 
sity. This design may be on too large a scale for ordinary purposes, but it serves 
to illustrate the idea that plants always thrive best when placed in rooms entirely 
by themselves. In such a cabinet a most glorious opportunity is afforded for 
decorating the sides of the interior with climbing vines, the ivy, convolvulus, or any 
other with shuvvy colored flowers. 
