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 279
es and cornices enriched with appropriate ornaments. Alight and elegant gallery surrounds the interior, to which ahandsome stair-case is attached, lighted by a window ofstained glass in various tasteful devices. The roof is framedwith wrought-iron rafters, fixed and bolted to the beams andwall… … will be heated by hot water bytroughs constructed under thefloor, and there are also basinsin the floor [fig. 57.) suitablefor water and plants intended tobe stationary. This conservatory has beenerected under the immediatesuperintendence of the proprie-tor (assisted by professionalhorticulturists…