PLANT ROOMS 



order to give best results. A practical carpen- 

 ter can tell you very nearly what it would cost 

 to fill in its ends and side with glass, and make 

 the walls below the sash, and the floor, frost- 

 proof. If the old roof is left on the room will 

 not be nearly as satisfactory as it will be if a 

 glass roof is substituted. But if the room is of 

 good height tall plants can be grown in it very 

 satisfactorily. The advantage of a glass roof 

 is, you get light from above, as well as from 

 the sides, and over-head light prevents your 

 plants from being drawn toward the glass as 

 they will be if no light reaches them from above. 

 The plant-room ought always to have a 

 wide opening between it and whatever room it 

 opens from, in order to afford the occupants of 

 the dwelling a free view of the beauty we pro- 

 pose to put into it. This opening should be 

 fitted with glazed doors, so that the plants can 

 be shut off by themselves, when desired. 

 This will be necessary in controlling temper- 

 ature and regulating the moisture of the air. 

 In rooms shut off from the view of the family 

 much of the pleasure the plants are capable 

 of giving is wasted, because they can not 

 be seen unless a visit is made to the place. 

 Where there is nothing to obstruct the view 



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