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which the house is built is, to use an Hibernian phrase, no wall at all 
at all, but a series of ventilators, which open underneath the stage all 
round. Over each door there is also an opening; in one case the 
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A. Pipe. 
B. Kitchen. C. Hothouse. D. Tank. 
E. Double Door. F, Door. G. H. 30-ft. Stage. 
GROUND PLAN. 
window falls down, in the other it opens on folding doors, and thin 
gauze netting inside. By this means the ingress of blacks is tolerably 
well prevented. The only way in which they can get in is by falling 
into the gutters, and then being driven up through the laps of the 
glass ; consequently the fewer the laps, the less danger there is of their 
entrance. In the centre of the house there is a large tank, capable of 
holding some thousand gallons of water, which it receives from the roof 
of the house. On the tank the centre stage is erected, and on it I saw 
as nice a collection of pot Roses as I have ever seen anywhere—sym- 
metrical plants, which would contain about 14 or 15 buds—and with 
foliage in the most perfect order, not even far away in the country 
could they possibly have been better ; while on the front stages were a 
large number of well grown plants of Geraniums ready for occupying 
more room, when the Roses had finished their day of beauty; and 
these Roses had been preceded by some very fine Camellias. The whole 
house is heated with hot water, but there is one part of it which 
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A. Drop Window. B. Stage. 
C. Tank. E. Passage. FRONT PART, 
F. Stage. 
ELEVATIOM OF SIDE. 
especially deserves consideration. I have said it is built at the back of 
the kitchen, and this has been made available for the purpose of creating 
an imperium in imperio—a forcing house in a greenhouse. A portion 






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