THE ALPINE HOUSE 



IF you have an uriheated greenhouse and 

 can afford the space you will be able to 

 grow many Alpine treasures under glass 

 better than in the open. In their native 

 mountains, protected from excessive rain 

 by a blanket of snow, these little plants are 

 warm and thriving and ready for the next 

 spring. But under our bleak and moist sky, 

 and exposed to our heavy rains, the andro- 

 saces and such-like damp off or become 

 miserable and ineffective mounds of flannel. 

 In November, therefore, put some of your 

 Alpines in your cold house, having carefully 

 planted them in pots or pans in their proper 

 soil, and in due time you will have a charming 

 display of flowers, all healthy and untouched 

 by dirt or damp. 1 



1 Plants intended for display in the Alpine house 

 should be grown in shallow pots or pans. Two 

 very useful sizes are 4 inches deep by 6 inches wide 

 and 4^ inches deep by 6J inches wide. 



The soil must be carefully compounded to suit 



