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GREENHOUSE. 
From heaven descend the drops of dew, 
From heaven the gracious showers, 
Earth’s winter aspect to renew, 
And clothe the spring with flowers ; 
From heaven the beams of morning flow, 
That melt the gloom of night : 
From heaven the evening breezes blow 
Health, fragrance, and delight. 
Montgomery. 
I N the customary language of the garden, a “ greenhouse ” is a house for 
plants that are so far tender that they need protection during winter, but 
so far hardy that protection from frost is sufficient for their preservation. It 
is distinguished from the “ stove ” by its lower temperature, and by that alone, 
and as the stove might otherwise be designated by the almost obsolete term 
“ hot-house,” so the greenhouse might be called the “ cool-house ” or the 
“ temperate-house.” The stove is intended for tropical and sub-tropical 
plants ; the greenhouse for plants of temperate climes, but more particularly 
for such as are nearly but not quite hardy in this country. In the brief essay 
we shall now attempt, the stove, the intermediate house, and the greenhouse 
will be considered together, with a view to a few useful suggestions as to their 
arrangement and management, and their several uses. 
It is a most important matter when the construction of a plant-house of 
any kind has been determined on, to take into account that possibly many 
another plant-house may be built by and bye. It may be that the intention 
is to build one in such and such a spot, and then to rest and be thankful. 
But years pass on, the desires of the owner overpass the means of gratification, 
and another house is to be built. Alas ! the site on which it should be placed 
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