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to them. Outside, facing due south, are brick walls 

 for glass lights to rest on heated by other pipes. 



Economy of space is perhaps what will strike the 

 visitor most, for the garden has to be run upon 

 strictly commercial lines, and therefore what we 

 have under glass is not for show or mere ornament, 

 but is grown solely with a view to supplying the 

 wants of private customers, whose likes and dis- 

 likes must therefore regulate our choice. Another 

 point that we adhere to is that all plants of the same 

 kind are grouped together. This renders it easier 

 to attend to watering and improves the appearance 

 of a house, making it more restful to the eye, a 

 result which the old-fashioned " spot and dot " 

 system of colour and variety does not achieve. For 

 instance, a number of pots of scarlet geraniums, 

 which furnish useful cut flowers in winter, look 

 well together, and not far from them, in the centre 

 of the building, is a splendid bank of white arums 

 in full bloom. Behind these tall plants, and conse- 

 quently well away from the geraniums, with which 

 they might clash in colour, are cyclamen of many 

 varieties, of which the tender rose-coloured one 

 is our favourite. Not far off are large-flowered, 

 creamy white freesias, neatly staked, with that 

 delicate, fragrant scent rising from them that 

 recalls warm countries and sunshine. 



A small propagator, filled with sand, contains 

 carnation cuttings of many sorts, and beneath the 

 staging, hidden behind boards or sacks, are rhubarb, 

 sea-kale, asparagus, and pots of lily of the valley, 

 the latter in its earliest state when only a pale leaf 

 is pushing through. 

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