THE GARDENERS' CHRONICLE OF AMERICA 



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loaned by the Pierson, U-Bai ( 



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THERE is sometimes a very lonf 

 gap between the real and thi 

 ideal. Between the thing as W( 

 see it mentally and the thing as it i: 

 actually to be seen. In this connec 

 tion I have for years found it a gen 

 nine pleasure to read the advertise 

 ments of some of the greenhouse bui'dj 

 ers, because they picture so deligh. 

 fully and convincingly the charms anej 

 possibilities of gardening under glass 

 But somehow when I go to see sonn 

 of the houses of my gardener friends 

 it does seem as if they don't quite taK. 

 advantage of their opportunities t(' 

 give to "their employers what the ad 

 vertisements so truthfully state ar<\ 

 possible. So many handle their green 

 houses in the same old cut and drie( 

 way, year after year, and then wonde 



