PLANT ROOMS 



from living-room to plant-room, we seem to 

 live among the flowers, and winter loses much 

 of its usual dreariness because we have a bit of 

 imprisoned summer constantly before us. 



In such a room water can be used as freely 

 as desirable without any fear of injury to car- 

 pets, curtains, or walls. By closing the doors 

 between the room and the dwelling the tem- 

 perature can be regulated to a nicety, and the 

 air can be always kept moist enough to suit 

 the plants inside. Insecticides can be used 

 without the trouble of removing the plants to 

 kitchen or bath-room. In short, the work of 

 caring for one's plants is greatly lessened by 

 having a special place for them. But the 

 strongest argument in favor of the plant-room 

 is — the facilities it affords for growing plants 

 almost as well as they can be grown in the 

 greenhouse proper. 



Ventilation should be arranged for. I would 

 suggest an outlet in the roof, made of six-inch 

 pipe — of galvanized iron or tin — having a cap 

 at its lower opening. If a stout spring runs 

 from this cap well up into the pipe, it will be 

 drawn tightly against the latter, as soon as 

 tension is relaxed on the string by which you 

 open it. This self-closing attachment prevents 



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