PLANT ROOMS 



such a manner as to give entire satisfaction. 

 However, where it can be done, I would advise 

 it, for the result will surely be far more satis- 

 factory than any other method of plant-grow- 

 ing, for reasons already given, and many more 

 that could be urged in its favor. But where 

 the real greenhouse is out of the question, I 

 would strongly advocate the claims to consider- 

 ation of a room built expressly for plants. 



We expend more money on the ordinary 

 bay-window, in an effort to make it ornament- 

 al from an architectural point of view, than 

 would be necessary in building a room large 

 enough to accommodate several times as many 

 plants as can be grown in the bay-window of 

 the usual style. Such a room need not be very 

 expensive. It ought not to cost more than 

 any other room of similar size, as the sash and 

 glass used will not be more expensive, in most 

 places, than the boards, lath, and plaster en- 

 tering into the construction of the ordinary 

 room. If a glass roof is added — and have one, 

 if possible, if you have a plant-room built — 

 the glass and sash-bars necessary for it ought 

 not to cost more than the rafters, sheathing- 

 boards, and shingles of the ordinary roof. 

 The aim should be to use glass everywhere it 



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