The Kind of Greenhouse to Build 151 



world think of ordering an automobile with the 

 wheel base made three or five inches longer than 

 the ones the manufacturers of that car turned 

 out. Just so with greenhouses. Manufacturers 

 who have turned out thousands of houses are 

 pretty well able to judge what is the most useful 

 and economical width for a certain kind of type 

 of house; how wide the walks should be; just 

 what heating is required, and so forth. They 

 will sell you such a house complete in every de- 

 tail, erected and ready to fill with growing things 

 the day it is completed, at a price hundreds of 

 dollars less than it would cost to have one made 

 a few inches wider, or higher at the eaves, or 

 differing in some slight detail. 



As for heating equipment, get that with your 

 house equipment, designed for greenhouse work. 

 Don't make the mistake of letting the local 

 plumber put in something that will not turn out 

 satisfactorily. House heating, with which he is 

 familiar, is all up and down; but greenhouse 

 heating, on the contrary, is back and forth — 

 entirely different conditions. 



Let the people who build your house specify 

 the heating at least. Then you can't go wrong 

 even if you have a local man put it in. It is 

 best, however, to let the builders complete the 

 whole job. 



