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the location of the building. Sunshine must be 

 secured in order to make a success of plant- 

 growing, and your building must have a loca- 

 tion where it will not be much shaded by other 

 buildings. If it is on the south side of the 

 house, and can have sunshine from early morn- 

 ing until two or three o'clock, it will not matter 

 if there are buildings to the west of it which 

 shut off the later sunshine. The sunshine 

 needed most is that of the forenoon and mid- 

 day. A house which only gets the benefit of 

 sunshine up to noon will enable one to grow 

 such plants as begonias, fuchsias, ferns, palms, 

 and many others as well, but geraniums, helio- 

 tropes, and others fond of a great deal of sun- 

 shine will need more than a short forenoon 

 aff ords. A western exposure is not satisfac- 

 tory because of the intense heat which charac- 

 terizes afternoon sunshine. All things con- 

 sidered, an even-span house which means a 

 house having a roof of equal size on each side 

 running north and south will be most satis- 

 factory, but a "lean-to" sloping to the south 

 or southeast will answer almost as well. 



It has been customary among professional 

 florists to construct a frame by setting posts in 

 the ground, precisely as fence-posts are set, and 



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