CONSERVATORIES AND SMALL GREENHOUSES 157 
gated the matter of greenhouse building and found 
that even a very small house, built to order, was far 
beyond your means. 
Do not misunderstand me as disparaging the con- 
struction companies: they do excellent work — and 
get excellent prices. You may not be able to afford 
an Italian garden, with hundreds of dollars’ worth 
of rare plants, but that does not prevent your hav- 
ing a more modest garden spot, in which you have 
planned and worked yourself. Just so, though one 
of these beautiful glass structures may be beyond 
your purse, you may yet have one that will serve 
your purpose just as practically. The fact of the 
matter is, you can have a small house at a very 
small outlay, which will pay a good very good in- 
terest on your investment. With it you will be 
able to have flowers all the year round, set both your 
flower and vegetable garden weeks ahead in the 
spring, save.many cherished plants from the gar- 
den, and have fresh green vegetables, such as let- 
tuce, radishes, tomatoes and cucumbers that can 
readily be grown under glass. And you will be 
surprised, if you can give the work some personal 
attention, or, better still, have the fun of doing a 
little of the actual building yourself, at how small 
an outlay you can put up a substantial struc- 
ture of practical size, say 20 feet by 10—of the 
“lean-to ” form. 
By way of illustration let us see what the ma- 
