CHAPTER X 



Conclusion 



Having given in the foregoing chapters some idea of the 

 correct treatment of many plants from which selections 

 may be made that will, if judiciously treated and catered 

 for, give a more or less brilliant display of flowers in 

 the well-appointed greenhouse all the year round, I 

 should like in conclusion to say a few words as to the 

 possibilities of the cold or inadequately heated house. 

 There are many plant lovers with limited means or 

 accommodation, who struggle on, trying with infinite pains 

 to grow the ordinary greenhouse plants and failing for 

 want of means to keep up the requisite heat in winter. 

 To all so placed I would suggest the growing of plants 

 that only require sufficient heating power to exclude 

 actual frost and to add to these for the sake of 

 variety some of our hardy plants that are suited for 

 growing in pots. The Primula family alone, including 

 as it does the Auricula, loved, and almost worshipped, 

 by the florist of the past generation, is rich in species 

 which do admirably in the cold greenhouse, many 

 being happier and more at home under glass than they 

 are in the open garden. Hardy bulbs of almost all 

 kinds do well in pots for a season at least, and Anemones, 

 Wallflowers, Stocks, Pinks, Phloxes, Columbines, Forget- 

 me-nots, Campanulas, Pansies, Christmas and Lenten 

 Roses, Michaelmas Daisies, hardy annuals of sorts, 

 and a host of other things may be pressed into the 

 service. All these render a good account of themselves 



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