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THE GARDENERS' CHRONICLE OF AMERICA. 



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Metropolilan Building, ' Ncti 



Should Greenhouses Be Treated 

 Architecturally : 



RIGHT away I hear a chorus of "No's" 

 from you hard-headed, common-sensed 

 gardeners. Still the chorus does not pre- 

 vent me from claiming that greenhouses 

 can be successfully treated architecturally. 



You know our grandads said: "Rail- 

 roads were a beastly nuisance — they 

 .scared horses — made an awful racket, 

 and kicked up no end of dust." The 

 present day. wide-awake gardener, how- 

 ever, docs not belong to the grandad 

 class. He is open minded. .'\ny preju- 

 dice he may have against architecturally 

 treated greenhouses is, of course, based 

 on the dismal failures. Most of such 

 houses have proven as growing houses. 



For example, we all remember the $70,- 

 000 glass house built for one of the Van- 

 dcrbilts, in which even the palms died. 



The failure of the highly ornamental 

 houses have, without question, been due 

 to a former lack of co-operation between 

 architects and builders. That it can be 



successfully done is evidenced by these 

 ■ views of Mr. Brewster's range at New 

 Haven, Conn. 



The north side of the three-quarter 

 span house faces the residence, which is 

 but a stone's throw away. 



To relieve the glaring, unbroken line of 

 this house, there was introduced an orna- 

 mental central entrance, flanked at inter- 

 vals by columns. 



The workroom is in harmony, and re- 

 flects the treatment of the residence itself; 

 being built of the same kind of stone. 



Here, then, is a consistent architectural 

 treatment. But little of the eflficiency of 

 the three-quarter span house is sacriliced. 

 while the even span wing is left free, so 

 the plants may revel in the unrestrained 

 light and sunshine. 



H you still do not agree with me, win- 

 not "start something" by sending your 

 reasons to the Editor for publication? It 

 may stir up a highly interesting discussion. 



