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MAKING HORTICULTURE PAY 



In a permanent conservatory it is advantageous 

 to have a coil of pipe from the furnace so as to 

 keep the place warm and thus make it possible to 

 grow more tender plants than can usually be grown 

 in temporary structures. There should be a door 

 going to the outside as well as in to the dwelling 

 from the conservatory. Preferably these doors 

 should be opposite each other. It is also advan- 

 tageous to have part of the wall between the dwell- 



PERMANENT PLANT PIT AND HOTBED 



ing and the conservatory made of glass so the 

 plants can be seen from the living room. Ventila- 

 tion can be very simply secured by having a hinged 

 window either at the top of the vertical frame or 

 in the roof of the permanent structure. 



Often a cellarway can be utilized for growing 

 hardy and half-hardy plants by replacing the doors 

 with glass sash. This will be particularly useful 

 in starting plants early in the spring, and thus will 

 replace the hotbed and cold frame to a large extent. 



