The Express.
London, England, 1851-06-28 00:00:00

The time is approaching when the World's Fair
will terminate, and the vast roof under which it is held,
being no longer required fur that purpose, must, according
to the terms of agreement with the Commissioners of Wood.
and Forests, be removed; and, by this time next year, the
ground is to he made as smooth, and the grass to look as
green, as before the 2dth of September, 1840.
The exhibited articles will all be removed, and many of
them will be looked upon as precious relies, connected with
an event, the greatest of our times, and they will be
cherished more and more a. they become separated further
from the day of their great triumph, whilst the building (I
hope I may say without vanity)—the great feature of the
Exhibition—must, if removed, be either transported to
another country, or be rent asunder and dispersed in frag-
ments to perform a variety of inferior offices. Now, if I
can show—as I believe I can—good reasons why the struc-
ture should remain standing, I trust the Itoyal Commis-
sioners will do all in their power to further that object.

Apart, then, from all thoughts of its present use, and also
from all those considerations which fairly entitle it to great
attention, the building, I would suggest, should be allowed
to remain standing on account of its peculiar fitness to
supply a great public want, which London, with its two
and a half millions of inhabitants, stands most essentially
in need of—namely, a Wintcr Park and Garden under
glut.
When I determined on sending in a design for the Glass
Palace, I had in view quite as much the after purpose for
which the building could he adapted us for the object then
more immediately required . and in my original prospectus
I prominently mentioned the fart as one which had received
a large snare of my attention. Since that day nothing has
transpired to alter my views; but, on the contrary, every-
thing has contributed to strengthen and establish them, and
to further convince me, if such further conviction had been
needed, how valuable an append Igo to this great metropolis
would he a large national place of recreation and instruction,
such as I propoce.
Within the lust 20 years the physiology, economy, and re-
quirements of animated nature, with the effects which climate
locality, and various contingencies have upon their health
and habits, have been studied and examined, with
the best results. Geology, closely connected with the
study of plants, has, in its wondrous discoveries, unfidded
to our view the mysteries of ages long gone by, when
the earth's inhabitants differed widely from those now
seen occupying its surface; of these no recorded history
furnishes us with particulars, and but for this science
we must have looked hack through the thick mist of
time, with scarcely. a glimmering of light to guide us.
By the aid of chemistry and botany many useful discoveries
have been made, which practical horticulture has rendered
subservient to the comforts and happiness of man; and the
removal of the duty on glees has given such an impetus to
this science which only a short time ago no efforts could
possibly have called into action ; indeed, had that duty still
existed, no building such as I am now treating of could
possibly have been erected, and without an extensive use of
glass, to equally admit and diffuse a subdued light, no such
disAaey.• tetypvrxi.;tntst
of have
ulture'', however,d do not ',top
here, or merely consist in what has been accomplished
within the Great Exhibition building, where dry and po-
lished article., and the mast tender fabrics may be safely
preserved; but it keels onwards to tho formation of ch-
ianti., which even under opposite influences are rendered
healthy, and suited to the waists and requirements of man.
Formerly, wherever plan's were congregated beneath a
glass structure, the atmosphere was invariably deterio-
ft ted, and renderedatmosphere unfit for being more than transiently
Waled; the usual method with visitors being to take a!
berried view of the chief beauties within, and then retire
elm mere genial air. But now plant structures aro no
=unhealthy, pent-up ovens; although the immense
try, of objects they contain form a remarkable contrast
with the meagre appearance of former collections, yet these
abets are seen growing with an ease and natural rigour
width, with the limited knowledge and means we possessed
ihremeriy, it was impossible to imitate. The ventilation
afsa threats of our dwelling-houses have also been'
esedissed, sod many additions to our comfort have in this
smut been made. The perfection of these internal ar-
tnnownsenu, contrasted with the atmosphere without, ren-
ame it still more desirable that something on a large scale
thstdd be done to tounteract the effects of the outer air,
whisk in this country, and in the neighbourhood of London
especially, is often during many months in the year impure,
murky, and unfit for healthy recreation and enjoyment ;
and it is to meet this want that I offer the present recom-
mendation. All hithertocrected structures., however great and
noble some of them are, fall far short of answering this end, and
I cannot but recommend now that we do possess a building
like the Crystal Palace, which in its dimensions is the best
adapted for such a purpose of anything that has been
hitherto attempted, that it should be so appropriated—and
especially as its peculiar site between Hyde-park sod Ken-
sington-gardens is the best spot that could have been se-
lected ; connecting us it does those two great promenades--
it appears exactly calculated to concentrate beneath its roof
the pleasures of both.
A building like this, if properly laid out, will open a wide
field of intellectual and healthful enjoyment ; it will like-
wise, I hope, stimulate the wealthy in large manufacturing
towns to a similar adoption of what may now be raised so
cheaply ; sad when judiciously furnished with vegetation,
ornamented with sculpture and fountains, and illustrated
with the beautiful works of Nature, how pure, ele-
vating, and beneficial would its studies and exercises
be. At present England furnishes no such place of
public resort, fur although Kew has a splendid palm-house,
where daily are congregated a great number of individuals,
yet its warm and humid atmosphere is only calculated
to admit of visitors taking a hasty view of the wonders of
the tropics, 03 they pass in their walks through the gardens.
On the contrary, in the winter park and garden I propose,
climate would be the principal thing studied, all the fur-
nishing and fitting up would have special reference to that
end, so that the plea-mres found in it would be of a charac-
ter which all who visit could share ; here would be supplied
the climate of Southern Italy, where multitudes might
ride, walk, or recline amidst grovel of fragrant trees, and
here they might leisurely examine the works of nature
and art, regardless of the biting east winds or the drifting
snow. Here vegetation in much of its beauty might be
studied with unusual advantages, and the singular pro-
perties examined of the.: great filterers of nature, which
during the night season, when the bulk of animal life are
in • quiescent state, inhale the oxygen of the air, whilst in
the day, when the mass of animal existence have started
into activity, they drink in the carbonic supply, given out
by man and animals, which goes to form their solid sub-
stance, at the same time pouring forth streams of oxygen,

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