Part Two—Home Glass 
CHAPTER XIX 
ITS OPPORTUNITIES 
the gardening age. There is no doubt, how- 
ever, that the appreciation of flowers, and the 
liking for things horticultural in general, is growing 
rapidly. The stimulus that compels hundreds to 
turn with delight to the joy in the creative work of 
growing things arises from a sound foundation. 
Comparatively few people, however, realize that 
this pleasure can be had by them around the entire 
circle of the months. They look forward to plant- 
ing time in the spring and accept as inevitable the 
cessation of their gardening adventures with the first 
frost. 
It is to such people that the message of home glass 
must come as good tidings indeed. For them the 
gentle art of gardening under glass has seemed a 
distant and mysterious thing. Little indeed have 
they realized how easily it might be brought within 
reach; that instead of being an expensive luxury it 
would be by no means impossible to make it a pay- 
ing investment, yielding not only pleasure but profit 
as well. 
[ cannot be said that America has yet reached 
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