. Botanical guide through the Phipps conservatories in Pittsburg and Allegheny. Phipps Conservatory; Schenley park conservatory, Pittsburg, Pa. [from old catalog]. 4 are reared from the seed or slips and cuttings. To the left of this are two more houses filled with Cacti, foliage plants and other tropical or so-called stove plants, such as Begonias, Dracaenas, Crotons, Euphorbias, and many others. The way to the last of these houses leads through an ante-room, where a group of Camelias is generally found, together with some Laurel trees, Agaves, Strelitzias and other plants. From the rear of t
. Botanical guide through the Phipps conservatories in Pittsburg and Allegheny. Phipps Conservatory; Schenley park conservatory, Pittsburg, Pa. [from old catalog]. 4 are reared from the seed or slips and cuttings. To the left of this are two more houses filled with Cacti, foliage plants and other tropical or so-called stove plants, such as Begonias, Dracaenas, Crotons, Euphorbias, and many others. The way to the last of these houses leads through an ante-room, where a group of Camelias is generally found, together with some Laurel trees, Agaves, Strelitzias and other plants. From the rear of the Palm house one enters into the Aqua- rium, where curious, interesting fish can be seen when the water hap- pens to be clear. Next we pass into the large Victoria Regia house, from which extend two side wings devoted to the rearing of rare aquatic plants. The dimensions of all of these houses can be found in the ad- joining plan. As mentioned above, the Conservatory is under the manage- ment of Mr. William Hamilton; his assistants are Mr, John Herron, foreman; Mr. James C. Hamilton has charge of the Ochids ; Mr. John Small of the "Stove" plants, and Mr. William Gibbs of the Temperate houses. They all attend to their special duties with that love and devotion which characterizes the true gardener, who has made the care of plants his life Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Guttenberg, Gustave. [from old catalog]. Pittsburg, Pa. [Printed by Foster, Dick & co. ]
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