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)e sufficient to keep it moist enough for six or eight 

 7eeks. In winter the temperature of the room in which 

 he Wardian Case or Fernery is kept may run from fifty 

 seventy degrees at night. These closed Cases of either 

 :ind are particularly well adapted for growing Hyacinths 

 u winter, if desired ; but they must first be placed in 

 ome cool, dark place, so that the roots may be formed 

 )efore being brought into the light. (See special in- 

 tructions on this head under '^Fall or Holland Bulbs.") 

 Vhen the Cases are brought into the room they will re- 

 [uire daily ventilation. The Lily of the Valley can also 

 le grown finely in a Wardian Case. (See *'Fall or Hol- 

 and Bulbs.") 



CHAPTER XXVII. 

 GREENHOUSES ATTACHED TO DWELLINGS. 



The taste engendered by growing plants in rooms 

 f ten results in a desire to have more appropriate quarters 

 or the plants, and a greenhouse follows. This always 

 ffords the most satisfaction when it is so attached to the 

 welling, that opening a door or window from the dining- 

 oom or parlor reveals the glories of the greenhouse. 

 ?he greenhouse, when attached to the dwelling, should 

 <e always on the east, southeast, south, or southwest 

 ides, never on the north, if Jloiuering plants are to be 

 Town ; though Ferns, Lycopods, Palms, and other 

 ilants grown for the beauty of their form or foliage, will 

 quite well in the shade of a northern aspect. It may 

 e of any length or width desired. If of ten feet width, 

 b will cost for erection from forty to sixty cents per 

 quare foot of the glass surface, according to the char- 

 cter of the work. If twenty feet wide, from forty to 



