All Kinds of Greenhouses 277 



Actually there is a greenhouse for every kind 

 of place — and person. And there is sound 

 reason for every kind of place and person having 

 one; for a greenhouse is not in any sense of the 

 word an extravagance, save as it is made one in 

 the manner of handling. To the large place it 

 is an essential adjunct of both the ornamental 

 and practical gardens; to the medium-sized 

 establishment it is a valuable addition to these; 

 and to the tiny plot of ground around a suburban 

 home it is practically a multiplication of oppor- 

 tunity by two at any rate, if not by four or five. 

 And going one step further it is a garden where 

 there is no ground at all since the roof of a city 

 residence will furnish an ideal site. Similarly, it 

 may require the time of several men, or only one; 

 or it may be its enviable owner's own particular 

 hobby, sharing the heat of his house and not 

 dependent, therefore, upon separate stoking; 

 and occupying him in his off hours. If it is to 

 be cared for in this way, however, it is well to 

 say at once that it should be small; for, like a 

 garden, a greenhouse may easily be large enough 

 to get out of hand and never be gotten in again! 



The kind of greenhouse which is decided upon 

 will of course govern its location very largely. 

 The purely working glass house should be placed 

 where its relation to the garden that it serves 



