CHAPTER I. 

 GREENHOUSE CONSTRUCTION. 



The first question which occurs to the thoughtful 

 man, is, how and where shall I build? If you are al- 

 ready located in some town or city, and desire to use 

 your iraproA'ements for the supplj"- of your own retail 

 trade, draw your plans with that end in view, as the 

 buildings will need to be adapted to the space you 

 have to fill as well as to the miscellaneous character of 

 the stock you wish to grow. When making your plan, 

 look forward to any possible future need. Let it be 

 carefully studied out in such a M-ay that it may be 

 easily added to from year to year as your needs de- 

 mand, and still, Avhen a complete whole, all may come 

 within your original draft. 



We find many places, ofteiitimes of considerable 

 size, so inconvenient and built at such varying angles 

 as to render it almost necessary for a stranger to 

 have the services of a guide, in order to find his way 

 out after having once entered the intricate collection. 

 Remembrances such as these bring a sigh of relief when 

 one enters a well ordered, well kept range of houses. 

 If you are at a loss how to plan your space yourself, 

 obtain the assistance of some man of experience in 

 whose good judgment you have confidence, but unless 



