DOMESTIC GREENHOUSES. 
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uies in height ay diree feet in length and a foot and a half in 
breath. If elegance is aimed at, the box should be made of 
mahogany, and supported on four legs, furnished with movable 
castors; the box which is to contain the soil, eight and a half in¬ 
ches in height, should be made of well-seasoned St. Domingo 
mahogany, steeped in Kyan’s composition, for a fortnight; the 
sides, one and a quarter inches thick, mitered and dove-tailed to¬ 
gether at the corners. The bottom of the box should be Hon¬ 
duras mahogany, one inch thick, formed of numerous small pieces. 
framed and flush-paneled, and arranged so as best to resist the 
yielding of the wood. To give it greater strength, two cross 
pieces or ties stretch from side to side at equal distance from 
each other; these are dove-tailed on each side, thus dividing the 
box into three compartments, but leaving open spaces under the 
