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space filled in with Alternanthera. The number of 
patterns that can be formed are too numerous for 
mention here, and can be made to suit the taste 
and pocket of the lot owner. To get the best effects 
from this class of work will require that the flower- 
ing shoot be picked off, and the Althernanthera fre- 
quently trimmed to keep the plants dense. If this 
is not attended to regularly the stems will grow 
coarse. There is more danger of spoiling the 
appearance by not trimming than from over trim- 
ming. 
Pretty planting can be made with a border of 
Achyranthus and the remainder of Madame Salleroi 
Geranium, very dwarf in habit, foliage light green 
edged with creamy white. The contrast in this 
planting is very decided. A nice looking and 
cheap planting can be made with seedling Sage 
plants, which must be placed rather closely togeth- 
er and kept well trimmed from the start. There 
is also a pretty variegated variety of Sage. Candy- 
tuft, Myosotis, or blue Lobelia are also pretty for 
covering graves and are cheap. Indeed any dwarf 
and compact growing plant is desirable. 
Coleus are scarcely suitable for placing on 
graves, the space being too limited. To enumerate 
in this short article all the different varieties of 
plants suitable for growing upon graves would be 
inpossible. The before mentioned will be found 
among the most desirable. For permanent plant- 
ing, Vinca (Myrtle) and Sedum are the most pop- 
ular. To insure a good appearance with these plants 
attention must be given to constant trimming and 
watering in order to prevent the graves looking 
ragged and untidy. 
Chicago. Bellett Lazvson. 
Greenhouses. — How to Build. IV. 
In previous papers the question of a site and its 
preparation and the approximate size of the houses 
have been discussed, and we will consider that 
these matters have been decided upon. The next 
question will be the preparation of the plans. 
Fig. 5 shows a ground plan of a small green- 
house establishment. If the houses are made fifty- 
two feet long from outside to outside of posts, a 
very compact and convenient structure will be ob- 
tained. It is well to make this length some multi- 
ple of eight as sixteen feet lumber can then be us- 
ed without waste. It should be noted that this 
plan allows for gutters on both the east and west 
sides of the houses. If no future additions are to 
be made, the outside gutters can be replaced by wall 
plates as shown at the right in Fig 2 and 4 in the 
previous paper. If future additions are to be pro- 
vided for on one side only, the gutter can be omit- 
ted on the other side. This will cheapen the con- 
struction somewhat. The omission of a gutter will 
make the houses narrower by about 4 inches from 
outside to outside of posts, leaving the same space 
for benches. 
The large house is shown with two doors at each 
end. In this case the walks and benches would run 
straight through the houses from end to end, with 
no cross walks. This is convenient and gives the 
greatest amount of bench room. 
Fig. 6 shows a bench arrangement for the hous- 
es in Fig. 5 , which will be better, when visitors are 
FIG. 5.— GROUND PLAN OF SMALL GREENHOUSE. 
admitted to the houses, and it dispenses with one 
door at the south, while giving nearly as much 
room. The end bench is made narrower than the 
side benches for convenience in reaching the cor- 
ner, and the cross walk being short is narrower 
than the others. It is the common practice to 
build these houses with but one door at each end, 
making a crosswalk necessary at each end also. 
This is not recommended as it is not so convenient 
and does not give so much bench room. 
The shed is an ordinary structure with a lean-to 
roof highest at the south side, where it should be a 
few inches higher than the ridge of the large house. 
