30 Gardening Under Glass 



First of all, I went to a neighboring town, and 

 spent the day visiting the several greenhouse 

 establishments there, and still, looking back upon 

 that occasion as one of the big days in my life. 



By starting in advance, you can have scores of plants, half grown and 

 in bloom, ready to put on the benches the minute your house is completed. 



wonder why everybody does not want to be in the 

 greenhouse business. 



The thing that did surprise me, however, was 

 the fact that the greenhouses did not grow more 

 kinds of flowers. There would be whole houses 

 of Carnations, or Roses, or Lilies, without an- 

 other kind of plant. And most of the little old- 

 fashioned kinds of plants that I wanted, the 

 growers didn't bother with! 



