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without. They should be classed among the 

 necessary luxuries of life. 



THE primary idea of a greenhouse is 

 simply a building or room where summer 

 can be kept prisoner over winter. It need 

 not be elaborate in any sense. The plainest 

 structure that is built sufficiently snug to 

 keep heat in and cold out, and affords free 

 entrance to light and sunshine, will grow 

 plants just as well as the most ornate 

 building, better, perhaps, for many green- 

 houses defeat some of the objects aimed 

 at in their construction by excess of orna- 

 ment, which interferes with light and ease of 

 management. I know of one amateur's green- 

 house which is really nothing more than a 

 shed whose board roof has been removed and 

 one of glass substituted, but this plain little 

 building has in it plants which would do credit to 

 the most elaborate conservatory equipped with 

 every modern convenience. The owner of this 

 cheap building picked up here and there some 

 of the material from which he constructed it, 

 buying it as he could afford to do so, and 

 storing it away until he had enough to warrant 



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