THE GREENHOUSE GAY 



indeed, and give untold delight. I have grown Chinese 

 Primulas in an absolutely unheated greenhouse, and con 

 sidering that the temperature of the house was often at 

 freezing point, the results were quite wonderful. At 

 Christmas I had an excellent show of bloom, for as the 

 plants were showing bud I took them indoors, keeping 

 them near the window in the daytime and in a warm 

 room at night. 



The more plants I grow the more amazed I am at 

 their accommodating nature. There seems to be 

 nothing they can that they will not do to please 

 one, though it does not follow that tender care and a 

 little coaxing are not worth while and well repaid, for 

 indeed they are. I do not intend to enumerate all the 

 plants that can be grown in the greenhouse together with 

 details of cultivation, for I am sure that, having grown 

 a few, the gardener will, if his space permit, soon make 

 inquiries as to others he may attempt. I shall merely 

 draw the reader's attention to a few that I think are 

 very beautiful and most attractive, and with which I 

 have had great success. 



Easily first I shall place Perpetual flowering Carnations, 

 that are in their full beauty in late autumn, early winter 

 and spring. I must be frank and confess that in the 

 neighbourhood of large towns where fogs are prevalent, 

 and the sunshine does not often find a way through, 

 during December there will be little progress to report, 

 and the flowers will open slowly. But with the longer 

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