The gardener's magazine and register of rural & domestic improvement (1826)
Loudon, J. C. (John Claudius), 1783-1843, A. & R. Spottiswoode, printer, United States. Patent Office. Scientific Library, former owner DSI · London : Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown and Green · leaf 114
st, I send you some account ofthe Conservatory at this place, as far as regards the hor-ticultural arrangements; accompanied with a section, in orderto illustrate what observations I have to make: and that theymay be made in as few words as possible. The house (Jig.12. e), except the vestibule (f),… … The walks (fig. 13. Jc) are under an arched, covered way,formed of double plates of rolled iron (I), between which is Conservatory at the Grange. 109 confined a stratum of air, to prevent the escape of heat.The bottom of the beds (m) are of a concave form, that thedrainage may go to the centre ;…
