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taken down and removed. Thisis a simple matter, whether 
wood or iron be employed ; the plants can then stand on the 
floor, as shown in Fig. 16, p. 27, and when past flowering 
the staging can be brought in again and refixed. 
Useful types of ordinary green or plant houses are shown 
in Figs. 13 and 14. That illustrated in Fig. 13 is more 
suitable fr small plants, such as ordinary ‘‘geraniums,”’ 
primulas, uchsias, etc., or for “bedding” plants. As will be 
seen, all stind comparatively near to the glass, and tne roof 
being low, he heat is made the most of. That shown in 
Fig. 14 is beter adapted for large or specimen plants, such 
as azaleas, fushsias, bouvardias, or begonias, etc., the larger 
specimens occ\pying the central stage, and the smaller ones 
the side benchs. 
Begonias.—These require to be grown in very roomy, 
light, and airy buses, and never succeed well in low, close, 
