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Having obtained some plants as stock, 

 cuttings may be struck any time from 

 November to June, or even later, and may 

 be had of all sizes. Useful climbers for a 

 small greenhouse are Passiflora c&rulea, 

 Ecremocarpus scaber> Hibbertia volubilis, 

 Solatium jasminoides. 



Maurandia Barclayana might be trained 

 up the back or pillars. It is necessary 

 to make a proper bed or border of earth 

 for these to grow in. 



Plant-culture is not the only use to 

 which a small greenhouse may be put : the 

 practice is not uncommon to grow fruit in 

 them. For this purpose small fruit-trees 

 are grown in pots ; the p****-*** 



roots being confined, they 

 are not liable to run to 

 wood ; but keep within 

 bounds for the more cer- 

 tain production of flowers 

 and fruit. Any one who 

 can cultivate flowering 

 plants may grow fruit-trees 

 in pots ; the only points 

 being to keep them well 

 supplied with water while 

 in a growing state, and to 

 ripen th wood well in the 

 autumn. A long list of 

 fruit-trees suitable for the 

 purpose might be named ; but the follow- 

 ing may serve as a guide. They are 

 usually worked on quince or paradise 

 stocks, which, in a great measure, serves 

 to keep them within proper limits as to 

 size : 



APPLES. Braddick's Nonpariel, Cellini, Golden 



Pippin, Orange Pippin, New-town Pippin. 

 PEARS. Beaurr, Hardy, Marie-Louise, Bon 



Chretien, Winter Nelis. 

 PLUMS. Victoria, Green-gage, Purple-gage, 



Topaz. 



CHERRIES. Bis;arreau, Elton, May Duke, Morello. 

 PEACHES. Noblesse, Royal George, Crawfurd's 



Early. 

 NECTARINES. lmpe"ratrice, Newington Early, 



Stan wick. 



A glass structure, however, must be of 



some size to accommodate even a very 

 limited number of trees in pots. 



Greenhouse, Small, for Ama- 

 teurs. 



The general principles involved in 

 the building of a greenhouse, as far 

 as carpentry is concerned, cannot 

 for obvious 

 reasons be en- 

 tered on here, 

 but it may be 

 said that they 

 will be found 

 explained at 



GREENHOUSE SUITED TO SITUATION. 



length in " Every Man His Own Me- 

 chanic." * It is only on questions of 

 detail that there is any necess ty to dwell 

 on here. In all cases the amateur must 

 suit the peculiar form which his house 

 will assume to the ground on which it is 

 to be built and to the peculiar circum- 

 stances of situation. 



In order to give a practical illustration 

 of what is meant by adapting the form of 

 the structure to circumstances, it will be 



1 An exhaustive book on Constructive Work of 

 every kind that can be done by the amateur, writ- 

 ten by Francis Chili on-Young, and published by 

 Messrs. Ward, Lock & Co., Limited, Warwick 

 House, Salisbury Square, London. E.G. 



