February 28, 1895. 
JOURNAL OF HORTICULTURE AND COTTAGE GARDENER. 
177 
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THURSDAY, FEBRUARY .‘8, 1805. 
CONGESTED HOUSES. 
-.o. — — 
^ONGESTION in glass stractares ii of annual 
VJ occurrence during the winter season. When 
the first touch of the icy hand is felt the question 
arises how to house and stow away the innu¬ 
merable plants to be held over until relief comes, 
by turning out the usurpers in the spring. To 
many tbe question is one of some difficulty, of 
late years augmented by the large share of space 
claimed by the Chrysanthemums. This we do 
not grudge them ; but they are the cause at least 
of some anxiety both on their own account and 
their competitors for space. Nor is the matter 
confined to gardens limited in area or glass. As 
a rule the glass is in proportion to the garden, 
and requirements are in like ratio ; hence, from 
the villa garden with its greenhouse to the 
palatial establishment and its extensive range, 
the same difficulties have to be met, and the 
trouble is but one of degree. 
Having diagnosed a disease, the primary 
cause is sought for with the object of removing 
it; failing that, to adopt such palliative measures 
as may be expedient. The latter is, however, 
but cold comfort to the long-suffering ones, who 
reluctantly admit that “ What can’t be cured 
must be endured but there are some hopes 
of a good time coming, and such hopes aro 
yearly increasing. Many a gardener who but a 
few short years ago would have thought it ono 
of his wildest dreams that the bedding craze 
could subside, has now more than a faint hope 
of those dreams being realised ; and though 
directly the retention of so laborious a fashion 
is practically out of his hands, he can possibly 
find the means, by giving it a surreptitious push, 
to hasten the end. The increasing taste for 
hardy plants is to some considerable extent 
paving the way, and though the time may be 
remote when some tender exotics will not le 
emplo)’ed for bedding, considerable ease to this 
congestion may be found by employing those 
plants—tuberous rooted—requiring but the pro¬ 
tection afforded by a store room or frost-proof 
shed. 
Few could foresee the perfection to which 
the worthily popular Tuberous Begonia has been 
brought, and it is not easy to predict what may 
yet be done to yield a variety of effect by utilising 
No. 2122.-VOIi. XOIL, OLD SERIK.S. 
