12, 5, Conservatory, with vines under the rafters. The walks are of slate, the shrubs are planted in a bed of free soil edged with slate, and the back wall is covered with different species of Passiflora, and with the Tacsonia pinnatistipula. Camellia-house. The camellias kept in pots; the rafters covered with vines, and the back wall with &&&loras and other climbers. This house, and also 5, are heared from one boiler, as indicated at 64. Geranium-house. The roof is in the ridge and furrow manner of Mr. Paxton. This house, and also 8, 9, and 10, are heated from the boiler indicated at 89. Botanic stove. The roof is in the ridge and furrow manner of Paxton, as shown in figs. 169, 170, 171. in p. &&& and 662. The sides of the pit are formed of slabs of slate: and there is a slate box at e, containing a plant of Musa Cavendishii with a spike of fruit, two or three of which ripen off weekly. f is a cistern for stove aquatics. There is a plant of Brugmansia suaveolens (Datura arborea L.) 15 ft. high, with a head 13 ft. in diameter. When we saw it, August 10th, 277 blossoms were expanded at once, producing an effect upon the spectator under the tree, when looking up, which no language can describe. Last year it produced successions of blossoms, in one of which 600 were fully expanded at one time. This year it has had five successions of blossoms, and another is now coming out as the plant expands in growth. There is a large Brugmansia coccinea in this house. Both these plants are in the free soil. 9, House for Cape heaths.
