New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-04-22
SELECTIONS FROM THE MAIL.
FLOWERS WITHIN THE REACH OF ALL
GREENHOUSES AND PLANTS At REASONABLE
FIGURE

| love flowers and few po'S'S' 'lc'h mat love
| |, the sweetest AID gtn'!e-t oi "h pure pasSohs'
| Flowers are tie very spiiit VI "'' "S'i' Inv"
| charm knows no beginning. no Gliding Just think
| VIA, This Insy old world would be without flowers
Wien man hi. As of that hc straighlway feels that
he would like to reach out ana s"'n'' 10 himself ''''
| lairps' bc>sr Of earth.
| Who, \ M turt his thoughts toward possessing
! flowers lac directly associates 'I'm Win io' ID
money The os.,ssing of flowers Is associated In his
| m,rL with a greenhouse. ana ne Is certain mat Il
! crccuLous, means an enormous expenditure Of money
| :, ,c,l, with and that the cost OF maintenance y
very great II Is upon TIT particular and important
pcni of COS, that lac hlrndcrs woluly. In IN" b!s
crowded city Of New-Yorh there should be thousand
greenhouses where there T. oh" ana the reason WAY
Their, a.r so few can b" CHARGED TO ignorance upo''
,hI, very pont Of cost. Every man In the town who
Is prospcros enough to live In house with the l'tlr
match Of backward which is allotted TO New'iork
Louscs ran afford to have greenhouse. II Is rot
n,ccs airy that he own the hOnSc. lie can move his
clccnhousc rs easily he can his furniture III iact
more easily and with deal less damage.
There was time when oriy very rich men had
greenhouses IN the years that have passed green
hous, which a man liked TO show his friends did cost
a Ia, az money. Oi course nan can spend Deal
Of money row. more than he ever could, but Tie
necessity for spending much has passed away
with nany other things greenhouses have grown very
cheap They have also grown better Men have
spent much time In designing greenhouses which VIII
cos, little. and get which viii be much better than
those Of former days
4 man can have a greenhouse placed in the yard
In thc rear OF his house. where his plants VIII flourish
like the traditional green bay tree during the winter
and I'm ,he summer h. can have II removed to his
couutry home II he phases easily can II De trans
rorcd or il can be- placed up on Hat roof starting
in witt! a small greenhouse by II feet, 1t can be
enlarged by sections II til" owner desires. Ihe
frame /, neat, light. strong and durable. INC
posts, raners brackets and pnrllnS are OF iron
The glass pancs largo ana Of double thickness
so tina, plenty Of light Is obtained without sacrifice
If structural strength. The ventilation Is captaly
orrangoi The apparatus along the entire top
aud /, Worries. BY "a gear which raises the whole Us
much or a. little a. Is desired. The plants are
ranged on q bed either SIDE II Slated pathway run
Mug between.
There 1, no nnsichtly or dangerous stokeh Tue
boiler i, SET above c.onnd ana the fire Is a'ehoca
as easily as Il paIlor stove. shectiron stovepipe
fulnl, all the requirement, OF brick chimney 80
that til, unsgh,ly and expensive attachmert. which
would also Interior" with the light, Is dispensed
WITH The 10 Ter l. Let IN small room, \ by
feet which serves not only 10 hide the boiler from
sight and to keep the dust o! IN" fire on the plants
but also as a workroom for poitlne. etc.
Not nail Is used In puttine up these greenhouse
They are made In sections. The Iron iriu""orH
having been SCI up ana hpIlcI "-'t''' WV INV 49,
roof scc.Ion, are bolt,d to the frame This makes
# po,bl TO ship tho entire crccnhou'" tat' to any
mart of tie country. Any carpenter handy" pr
son can ct II up and bolt II together Painted
glazed. fitted with benches and with all apparatus
con pcte the pretty nt;lc srccnhous, viii cost only
about $3.50.
And when Il l. all finished. one Will b. 80 de
lighted with It that he will wonder that he never
knew about II l"'orc. Tie VIII ma thit " VIII
hecomc lndl,n.nsallc There l. more admirable
kindergarten for children. There they can play on
Tie coolest winter day. In the warm sunshine In an
atmo- phere better ventilated and In better regulated
temperature than IN the hols.. And those who try
II will discover what real sun bath Is ana no"
altogether delightful II +. And they may also dis
cover q cure for Nervousness, the HE Of when Is
not known.
To the household which cntertains much green
house Is a COED Investment. from the point Of view
II economy alone. for In ID" course Of the first
year the total cost will not much exceed the horist
bill and thereafter the cost Of maintaining th" green
house would not be- oncicn u much a. l. usually
paid 20 the man WHO sell, flowers. ON the occasion
Of a function the plants could he brought from ih'
greenhouse TO decorate IA" house most cNqnislt"ly
All th. year around the fragrant blooms could ill
The housc with their perfume The ladies Of III"
household could have their bouquets whenever They
wanted them. Bu, above all there Is the Keen de-
ci, of possessing flower. f1c Joy Of lingering In
the green. odorou, shades. of feeling the divine In
toNlcation OF their perfume. Of watching the plants
wax strong and usy and hIrst forth Into the Speidor
Of perfect bloom. Life grows tcndcrcr sw""t"r
boiler under their Influence. When man comes
from the abors Of the day. with his mind burd'hed
and v-arled with frets and worries. nothing makes
him forget them sooner nothing rests him 80 much,
nothing prepares him 50 well 10 meet them tomorrow !
~ an hour IN his greenhouse. lie grows young ana
vigorous his finest enthusiasm returns n b. watches
linz srttp Ii and
his fostering care You can always know man who
loves flowers from the gencncss III his nature.
Ard II Il man comes 10 love flower, hi, flowers. SC |
that they take up much Of his leisure time those who
10 not know tie pleasure which they can give can |
not understand what beautiful thing III" Is to him. |
they cannot undo s,nnd the cagerncs; with which he
watches the results Of his experiments his keen de-
light when they are successful bis rapt, ecS'auc |
OF The first bloom.
But when one writes of the happiness and com
ort flowers can give he feels that there Is no end
o the subject, and he Knows. too tina, /, siyrs no
dca Of hog lltlr Is the cost small greenhouse
AN give ali the pleasure Of larg" one.
\ greenhouse twrntySrr"n feet long and eleven
nome country place. complete with hot
smicr heating apparatus for 800 There n numr.
a , r"aGy o @ the T ou r u" hna tue srors
F., por,ahlc. II hr moved from pncr to place with
itiic troub" ana no Injury. Ii seems rdlcuorIy
mall price To these who know lic about l.. And
when the greenhouse Is built. II must br stocked
oI,c could put Il fortune In small place. for
here orchids no bigger than yCur list which are
worth $1,000. hut To thosr who worship beauty alone
hey no more attractive than on" which costs NJ
of The very small amount OF go srr"nhonsr can
icld much pleasure. MD>t people might BE- inclined
u doubt hat, but II ran DE- proved. Here Is list
rlch u nursery w,u probably ny l. nn excellent
election and he VIII agree To furnish the plants
Dr 20:
TX palms IN various varieties twelve ferns IN rs
lany Varieties. twelve varieties OF ornamental foliage
iars -iX varieties al frchSiu>, SIX varieties Of pear-
oninns six vnrire, Of geraIiums twelve varirtic, Of
Their iowr.ing plants such yell)w and white lrris
nses stcyia-. ,c. siA vnretl vi carnations, twelve
ifi.tcS Of chfysantll"miDs. one clptiH varieties
/. climbing plants vines, two lNdiangcas, two
pnlstas two a7al'us. two cypriIrdinnis, two q chi~
vo foliage begonas Two Towering begOnlas and two
ih'rous bcgOnia>.
mat selection looks very well In black and white.
AT the plants themselves would look iliniciy htt-r
! u greenhouse. II II Is desired TO spend morc-that
10 stock n greenhouse which wOIii stand form |
Iominrntly-a nurscryman would. for $3.50 stock "A |
rrcnhoisr with these fine plnnts: Twelve varieties
p1im, Twelve varieties Of fancy foliage plant,
WE'VE varieties OF ferns twelve varieties Of cyprpc
mnis twelve varieties Of orchids. twelve varieties OF
wcIing plants ON ccvla. twelve varieties .. rLm,.