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THE FLORIST AND POMOLOGIST 
[ February, 
be indispensable to bring out to the full the size, quality, and colour of his choice 
tender fruit. 
Glass gardens more than double our best wall area at once, and bring superior- 
fruit and tender-plant culture within the reach of thousands who before could 
not attempt either with any hope of success. No garden is so small but it can find 
room for a glass garden within it; nor are any too large to dispense with their 
Fig. 5. Perspective view of Glass Garden on plan of Fig. 2. 
superior cultural merits without a grievous loss of natural forces of the highest 
importance to the life, the strength, the beauty, and the fruitfulness of plants.— 
D. T. Fish, F.B.H.S. 
GARDEN GOSSIP. 
S OME change, it is generally admitted, is required in order to keep up the 
public interest in Flower Shows , but it must be some arrangement which 
will not interfere with their stimulating and elevating influences upon 
^ horticultural practice. An excellent suggestion, which appears likely to 
meet this want, was thrown out at the Royal Horticultural Society’s meeting on the 18th ult.. 
