The Pictorial handbook of London : comprising its antiquities, architecture, arts, manufacture, trade, social, literary, and scientific institutions, exhibitions, and galleries of art : together with some account of the principal suburbs and most attractive localities ; illustrated with two hundred and five engravings on wood, by Branston, Jewitt, and others and a new and complete map, engraved by Lowry . rown at th| sides and towards the corners of the tank, but are not allowed in any wa; to interfere with the Victoria. 1 In a back corner of the kitchen garden, adjoining the lane that leadj f
The Pictorial handbook of London : comprising its antiquities, architecture, arts, manufacture, trade, social, literary, and scientific institutions, exhibitions, and galleries of art : together with some account of the principal suburbs and most attractive localities ; illustrated with two hundred and five engravings on wood, by Branston, Jewitt, and others and a new and complete map, engraved by Lowry . rown at th| sides and towards the corners of the tank, but are not allowed in any wa; to interfere with the Victoria. 1 In a back corner of the kitchen garden, adjoining the lane that leadj from Brentford through Syon Park, is the large tropical house. < This l a lofty structure, with an upright back wall, and a curvilinear iron roo: It has a glass division in the centre, and contains a collection of tropica fruits which is probably quite unique in this country. Many of th plants are very large, and as they are kept in a rather high temperature, with an abundance of moisture, all of them appear healthy. Severaj things have, we believe, fruited here which have not borne fruit any wher j else in Britain ; and many plants which here fruit profusely are scarcelj ever seen to fruit in general collections. Indeed, it is pretty well know; that this tribe of plants must have a peculiarly high temperature anj much moisture, and plenty of room to grow in, ere they can be expecte- to SYON PLANT HOUSES In general shape the plant houses at Syon take the form of a crescenwhich is a decided improvement on the old straight ranges, The centi GARDENS, PARKS, ETC. SYON. (511) of the building, which is broadest, rises into a lofty dome, and the two end houses are also broader and higher than the intermediate parts. The whole of the framework of the roof being formed of light iron bars, and the ends and centre being stone pillars and cornices, while the en- I || tire range stands on a well-finished and raised | I * I stone basement, adorned with handsome vases J |Tdp J«,
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