. An encyclopædia of gardening; . ap-pear as if planted in a small compartment of earth. Such is the plan of the large conservatory in theroyal gardens at Monza. The walk, unless where a stage is adopted, should be in the front of the house, withcorresponding doors in each end; but where the trees are young, and placed on a stege like green-houseplants, the walk should be in front, as in no other situation could the eye of the spectator meet the foliageof the plants. Where the walk is in the middle, and a double row of trees on each side as at Monza, theeffect in winter is truly magnificent an
. An encyclopædia of gardening; . ap-pear as if planted in a small compartment of earth. Such is the plan of the large conservatory in theroyal gardens at Monza. The walk, unless where a stage is adopted, should be in the front of the house, withcorresponding doors in each end; but where the trees are young, and placed on a stege like green-houseplants, the walk should be in front, as in no other situation could the eye of the spectator meet the foliageof the plants. Where the walk is in the middle, and a double row of trees on each side as at Monza, theeffect in winter is truly magnificent and gratifying. 5930. Wliere the trees are to be planted as standards in the borders or floor of the house, it is essentiallyrequisite to the health and beauty of the plants that the building be glazed on all sides, {fig. 521.)Showers might be supplied in Loddiges manner ; heat by steam or flues [fig. 522. a) and in winter, thebeds (6) might be covered with turf, strewed with daisies, violets, and primroses ; these would come early. into flower, and if the turf were kept very short about the roots of the flowering plants, and the trees inexcellent condition, only those who have seen the first-rate, regularly planted, standard orange-groves ofNervi could form an idea of the effect, which, by contrast with the external winter, would be felt as lux-urious and as anticipating real spring. 5931. Where orange-ti-ces are to be trained against the back wall or a trellis, under the glass, the formsadopted for common peach-houses or vineries are perfectly suitable ; but as by training close under theglass, as is done with vines, much of the beauty of the foliage would be lost, training on a trellis a few feetdistant, with a path between it and the glass, is preferable. 5932. Plans for tubs, pots, and boxes. Unglazed pots of earthenware are preferable to glazed stonewareor China pots; the form need not be different from that in common use, and the size must depend on thatof the plants. At
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