154 THE FORCING GARDEN. 
till within three months of the flowering; the soft- 
wooded sorts soon form the most noble specimens by 
frequent shifting and stopping. 
I have no doubt about the above house being found 
a good one for Heath growing at a very moderate cost. 
It will be seen that I have arranged this house to be 
set running north and south, which will be found better 
than a full south or north aspect, as no direct mid-day 
rays of the sun can come on the plants, while the cool 
breezes of the west will be admitted to them by open- 
ing the sashes on that side. The cost of this house 
may be put at about 80/. including everything. 
THE CONSERVATORY. 
A greenhouse may be, and frequently is, called a 
conservatory, but a conservatory is not a greenhouse. 
The conservatory is a structure where plants are ex- 
hibited or where they are in flower; a greenhouse is a 
structure where plants are grown for flower and nursed 
till they are in flower, when they are generally brought 
into the show-house or conservatory. However, the 
latter may be made a place for the permanent growth of 
some plants where they can make progress and display 
themselves to greater perfection than they could ina 
greenhouse. 
Conservatories of various kinds are to be found all 
over the country, and some very capacious ones are to 
be met with. There was one (and no doubt it is still 
there) at Cashiobury Park, the seat of the Earl of Essex, 
which would allow of a coach and four being driven 
through it; and that at the Crystal Palace is a fine 
specimen of what a conservatory can be made. 
