PLANT ROOMS 



order to give best results. A practical carpen- 

 ter can tell you very nearly what it would cost 

 to fill in its ends and side with glass, and make 

 the walls below the sash, and the floor, frost- 

 proof. If the old roof is left on the room will 

 not be nearly as satisfactory as it will be if a 

 glass roof is substituted. But if the room is of 

 good height tall plants can be grown in it very 

 satisfactorily. The advantage of a glass roof 

 is, you get light from above, as well as from 

 the sides, and over-head light prevents your 

 plants from being drawn toward the glass as 

 they will be if no light reaches them from above. 

 The plant-room ought always to have a 

 wide opening between it and whatever room it 

 opens from, in order to afford the occupants of 

 the dwelling a free view of the beauty we pro- 

 pose to put into it. This opening should be 

 fitted with glazed doors, so that the plants can 

 be shut ofi^ by themselves, when desired. 

 This will be necessary in controlling temper- 

 ature and regulating the moisture of the air. 

 In rooms shut ofl^ from the view of the family 

 much of the pleasure the plants are capable 

 of giving is wasted, because they can not 

 be seen unless a visit is made to the place. 

 Where there is nothing to obstruct the view 



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