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a little of everything at all stages of growth, but adorned witli a few kinds of plant* in considi rable batches, 

 freely disposed and left there only as long as they are at theii best. Tow.mU the cln*i- of the year the 

 chrysanthemum, with its many manifestations, will reign supreme. It should not, however, monopolise 

 the whole space. A very satisfactory and easily-treated plant of quite contracting aspect is &amp;gt;a\ifraga 

 Fortune!. Kxcept in favoured spots it is not quite hardy, but it may be grown on out of doors through 

 spring and summer, and will produce an abundance ol it* feathery white panicles ii*ing from fleshy leave* 

 for a November display under rover. 



With the beginning of the year come the forced bulbs freesias, hyacinths, polyantha daffodils and 

 the like. Height, greenery and form may be given to the giouping by palms for those who like them. 

 or by a good batch of Nandina domestica where palms are unsympathetic. A do/en or two of great pot* 

 full of clivias may be used with effect throughout February and March, and there will be *nch annual* 

 as schiy.au thus, primula and Cineraria st ell at a. Easily-forced hardy shrub-, will now bey in to be introduced. 



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The earliest may well be the forsvthias, and the single kenia should be used tn continue the vellow 

 colouring. Lilacs and cherries, bladder nuts and mock oranges are just a sample of the many shrubs 

 that with very little trouble and very little greenhouse space may be used to make the conservatory a 

 place of continuous and varied beauty and interest throughout the colder months of the year. In 

 summer it is of less importance. Yet it needs decking, and this is easily done by geraniums, begonias, 

 gloxinias and a host of other beautiful florists flowers, above whose somewhat lowly growth of steeple- 

 like plants of Campanula pyramidalis and groups of the tallei lilies may rise in their due season. 



Another quite satisfactory scheme is the glass corridor at the Pleasance, Gullane (designed by 

 Mr. Sydney Mitchell to connect a drawing-room and music-room), of which both exterior and 

 interior views are shown. The glazed side is the same in feeling as the example just described, 

 but is made to consort with a rather later style of architecture. The roof is wholly of glass, 

 as a good many permanently-planted subjects, especially climbers, were desired, and this 



