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 SOL 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 in a 

 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. 



