October, 1915 
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No country place is complete without a garage and 
a greenhouse, and the simplest plan is to link them 
together and have a unit heating plant 
The position of the conservatory is often an archi- 
cultural problem. Having found a place suitable 
as to exposure, tie it to the house by the garden 
west sun. It is customary to wall up the 
north end of small greenhouses, and where 
this end rests against the house an ideal 
situation is obtained. An important con¬ 
sideration is that one may get a smaller 
boiler and use less coal for a house with a 
southern exposure than for one placed 
where north winds beat upon it. 
The making of conservatory-greenhouses, 
too, is simplified for amateurs, for the 
houses are built in sections, ready to bolt 
together. One, 9'xl2', with double walls, dou¬ 
ble-thick glass, plant tables, or “benches,” 
and ventilators, could be had, before 
the European war, for from $80 to $115. 
The cost was then regulated by the amount 
of iron or wood in the framework ; now con¬ 
ditions regulate the price of materials. An 
iron frame is far the better, lasts longer, 
admits more light, does not warp, and costs 
more. 
Together with a heating installation a 
house 20' long may be purchased for $250, 
and the same price buys a 6' x 17' com¬ 
plete house, with boiler, but does not cover 
carpentry. 
An even-span, all-wood frame house, 
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The smaller greenhouse 
started the habit in this 
New Jersey home, the 
larger conservatory 
proved how the habit 
grew 
A modest type of green¬ 
house, with coldframe 
attached, is shown be¬ 
low. The heating plant 
is in the house behind, 
a good arrangement 
He conservatory - green¬ 
house of R. R. Conklyn 
at Huntington, L. I., 
showing the extension 
roof for shade against 
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