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UNIVERSITY 



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THE UNHEATED GREENHOUSE 

 CHAPTER I 



ITS ADVANTAGES 



IT is a strange fact that while every other branch of garden- 

 ing has made giant strides during recent years the unheated 

 greenhouse still remains neglected and unhonoured. The 

 outdoor border of hardy perennials has its votaries by the 

 thousand, and well it may. The heated glass-house is 

 to be found in most gardens, but it is a question whether 

 a tenth part of the ^pleasure can be obtained from it 

 all the year round that may be found in the successful 

 management of an unheated greenhouse by the skilful 

 amateur who, whether he rejoices in the aid of a gardener 

 or no, prefers to keep a corner where he may "potter 

 about " at his own sweet will amongst his plants, and 

 work with his own hands on their behalf. This is mainly 

 due to the vicissitudes of our changeful English climate, 

 which for practically half the year makes outdoor gardening 

 impossible for most people, and the heated house dangerous. 

 But both the joys of the open garden and, in a measure, 

 even those of the hot-house may be combined and enhanced 

 under the sheltering roof of the unheated greenhouse, as I 

 hope to be able to show in the following notes, which are 

 faithful records of many years of practical experience. 



It is well from the starting-point to have a clear under- 



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