THE GREEN-HOUSE. 



Ill 



The same may be said of a pot or two of the moss 

 or Provence rose, of the Persian lilac, and scarlet 

 thorn ; but unless there is abundance of room, and 

 ample means of forcing them, so as not to set them 

 in the green-house till the bloom is expanded, they 

 are much better kept out. So much winter brought 

 into view tends to destroy the character of the place, 

 and render it little better than a shrubbery. 



If pinks, sweet-peas, violets, and other showy and 

 odoriferous flowers, can be forced in pits, so as to be 

 in bloom before they are brought to the green-house, 

 a few of them may be admitted ; but, as before ob- 

 served, unless the green-house is very large, the fewer 

 the better. A lobby, ante-room, stair, hall, or even 

 the drawing-room, are fitter places for forced pro- 

 ductions than the green-house, where, by contrast 

 with the proper inhabitants, they lessen the dignity 

 of the place. 



A few pots of mignionette, both of the dwarf and 

 tree kind, should be kept in the green-house all the 

 year round. 



To have mignionette in perfection throughout the 

 year, three sowings are requisite; the first in the 

 beginning of August for blowing in December, Ja- 

 nuary, and February ; the second about the end of 

 August for March, April, and May ; the third about 

 the end of February for June, July, and August; 

 and the fourth about the end of May for September, 

 October, and November. Sow in pots about three 



