The Garden Under Glass

THE AMATEUR’S GREENHOUSE 5 in the greenhouse as well as in the rooms, and where the raising of early vegetables and forcing of fruit is to be done, then will the greenhouse need to be large. The size must bear due proportion to tlie extent of the garden, and in every case the person on the spot will be a better judge tlian I can possibly be. To make the best use of the greenhouse means that the best use must be made of the plants in the outside garden. In these days of hardy plants readers are advised not to rely so much on outdoor plants wliich need raising in the greenhouse. A bed or two in the front, a few horders, the window boxes and tbe vases may be filled with lialf-hardy plants, but if other parts are planted with hardy subjects it will mean that more beautiful plants of an exotic nature can be grown in the greenhouse. I shall often have occasion to emphasise the importance of frames, for I hold that whoever owns a greenhouse can afford a few cold frames, and these will veiy greatly increase the accommodation in the greenhouse. I would suggest that for the ordinaiy villa garden a comparatively large house would be 30 f eet Ion g by 20 feet wide. Much could be grown in such a house, for it would admitof side and central stagings with apath round; and it would add greatly to its Utility if frames were attached to the sides. This, however, would pro ve too large for many, so that I would suggest one 15 feet by 10 feet, with one central path through. Others smaller than this could be obtained, but I would like to put down 10 feet by 7 as the minimum. The price, of course, depends mainly on the kind and quality of the material and also on such local circum-stances as the run of the ground, the amount of excava-tion to be done, and the distance from the firm erecting it. Cheapness in its ordinary sense is seldom to be sought