CHAPTER XIV 



THE KIND OF GREENHOUSE TO BUILD 



The builders of modern greenhouses can tell 

 you perhaps everything you want to know about 

 how to build and when to 

 build, except one thing, 

 and that you must know 

 first. It is: What do 

 you want with a green- 

 house? 



There is available any- 

 thing from the little 

 built-in lean-to, which is really a living room in 

 which you can have plants, to a real "range" 

 with special houses for different kinds of flowers 

 and fruits. But do not for a moment make the 

 fatal mistake of thinking that because you may 

 not have the room, or time, or bank account for 

 the latter, the former will not be worth while. 

 The real joy that you will get from your glass 

 garden will depend upon you and your love for 

 plants. I know places where there are thousands 

 of feet of glass, kept by handsomely paid gar- 



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