HOUSE AND GARDEN 
igo 
September, 
A Greenhouse Thought 
U-BAR GREENHOUSES 
PIERSON 
DESIGNERS and BUILDERS 
U-BAR CO. 
I MADISON AVE-NEW YORK, 
You may think that a greenhouse is just a green¬ 
house, and that’s all. You are wrong, ’way wrong; 
it is an indoors garden spot. Simply because the 
garden is enclosed in glass, and the rows and beds 
of flowers are elevated on benches so you can care 
for them without the backaching bending over, is it 
any the less a garden? Certainly not — in fact it is 
more one, for you can work in it any day, during 
any weather, any time of the year. 
Neither is there any reason why you can’t have 
old-fashioned flowers galore from your garden un¬ 
der glass, as well as the lovely rose and cheery, 
lasting carnations. 
Then there are the expansive pleasures of a 
greenhouse — by expansive we mean the things it 
makes possible. The conservatory-living-room, for 
example, such as is illustrated below. What a joy 
spot it is! Plow perfectly delightful to have such 
a retreat of comfort, where you can always_ have 
your flowers about you. Think how satisfying to 
turn here when things have been “sort of on edge 
all day.’’ What a choice spot in which to serve 
the friendly cup of tea or enjoy a smoke. 
But what is the use of picturing it to you fur¬ 
ther? Its possibilities are endless. And it is these 
things that one of our greenhouses makes practical. 
Practical because from it you can keep your con¬ 
servatory-living-room continually supplied with a 
profusion of fresh blooming plants — not cut flowers 
merely, but plants in all their natural, growing 
beauty. 
So much for the indoors advantages of owning 
a greenhouse, and nothing said about what it will 
do for the spring and summer beautifying of your 
grounds, or the helping along of your vegetable 
garden, in the early starting of your seeds and 
plants, and having them strong and sturdy to set 
out the first warm days. 
Then in addition to all this, there is much, very 
much, to be said about the kind of house you 
build. In fact, a good deal of your success de¬ 
pends upon it. For this reason, we want you to 
send for our catalog, so you may see how entirely 
different U-Bar Greenhouses are from any other 
greenhouses. Different in attractiveness, durabil¬ 
ity, cost of maintenance and quantity and quality 
of blooms they will produce for you. Send for 
the catalog. 
Could anything be more charmingly inviting than this conservatory at Lenox, Mass.f 
It is constantly replenished with fresh dowers and plants from the greenhouse. 
This house is fully described and illustrated in our catalog. 
to surround their stalks with a low foli¬ 
age plant, such as Cow’s Parsley, or other 
plants having fern-like leaves. Of course 
bulbs planted in groups do not need this 
accessory, as the foliage of their own 
growth is nearly always sufficiently at¬ 
tractive as it stands, as one may see in a 
clump of Tulips. M. G. F. 
Book Reviews. 
[The Publishers of House & Garden will be glad to 
furnish any books desired by subscribers on receipt of 
publisher's price. Inquiries accompanied by stamp for 
reply will be answered immediately.'] 
Hardy Plants. By Helen R. Albee. Illus¬ 
trated. Cloth, 8vo, 309 pp. New York: 
Henry Holt and Company. $1.60 net. 
This is an unusually readable personal 
record, illustrated by excellent photo¬ 
graphs, of the author’s success in assem¬ 
bling within a limited area, the choice va¬ 
rieties of hardy shrubs, annuals and per¬ 
ennials, so arranged as to give a succession 
of bloom of pure color in each bed. With 
a list giving manner of growth, height, 
time of blooming, exact color, special re¬ 
quirements of soil and moisture, “easy 
ways” taught by experience, and many et 
ceteras of vital importance. 
How to Keep Bees For Profit. By Dr. D. E. 
Lyon. Illustrated. Cloth, 8vo, 329 pp. 
New York: The Macmillan Company. $1 
net. 
A book that meets the needs and ans¬ 
wers the natural questions of the practical 
man or woman who is for the first time 
setting up a hive of bees. However, it is 
of service not alone to those who would 
keep bees for profit, insofar as deriving 
an income therefrom were concerned, but 
there is a great amount of highly interest¬ 
ing bee-lore that concerns even the maker 
of a small garden, when we take into con¬ 
sideration the bee’s invaluable services in 
pollination. The illustrations for Dr. 
Lyon’s book are excellent and of especial 
value. 
The Book of the Rose. By Rev. A. Foster- 
Mellar, M. A. Illustrated. Cloth, 8vo, 
356 pp. New York: The Macmillan Co. 
$2 net. 
A new edition (the first appeared in 
1894), of a valuable guide for British 
Rosarians. However the matter is, nearly 
all of it, especially valuable to rose-grow¬ 
ers everywhere. There are excellent and 
comprehensive chapters on the history and 
classification of Roses, their planting, 
pruning, fertilizing, soil, propagation and 
pests. The book is very well illustrated 
by page plates, and this edition has been 
carefully edited by the Reverend F. Page- 
Robert (President of the National Rose 
Society), and by Herbert E. Molyneux. 
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