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aggressive character is of tremendous conse- 

 quence, and demands the most thoughtful care. 

 For improperly placed it may irreparably mar 

 the entire garden picture; and yet, given proper 

 thought, can be a most attractive acquisition. 



Fitting It to the Place 



Much study is now being given to greenhouse 

 design from an architectural as well as from a 

 practical standpoint, and structures that are 

 pleasing in appearance have been developed fit 

 to assume a place in the garden scheme. So it 

 is no longer necessary to hide even the strictly 

 utilitarian building. But unless the greenhouse 

 can be made an acceptable unit of the general 

 scheme and not obviously an afterthought it is 

 better not to let it appear at all, but have it 

 obscured by proper planting. 



On small suburban grounds it must of course 

 take a relatively prominent place and may be- 

 come in effect an addition to the home. In this 

 connection a transition from dwelling to green- 

 house by means of a glass corridor will usually 

 solve the problem of their relation to each other 

 by separating them enough to allow each its in- 

 dividuality ; which is far better than any attempt 

 to weld them into a single unit. As a matter 

 of fact, they cannot be so welded, and the effort 



