A nine by twelve-foot house containing something besides the "easiest" things.

Few things have given me greater pleasure than my little greenhouse, though it is but nine by twelve feet in size - just large enough to accommodate a comfortable chair (in addition to the plants), in which, more than once during hours of illness, I have basked in the sunshine that filtered through the roof. Many and many a time it has conveyed to me a cheering message of promise, presaging the joys of spring.

A capacious bench in the form of a horseshoe accommodates three rows of plants of medium size. In order to prevent overcrowding, I have elevated plants with considerable foliage on iron stands. Heat is supplied by water-pipes connected with a coil in our hot-air furnace. One door gives access to the dining-room, and another opens into the garden, thus facilitating transplanting and other work.

In one corner, a square opening was left in the floor, enabling me to plant a Marechal Niel rose in the ground, of which that vigorous grower quickly took possession. For a long time its growth was hardly perceptible, but now it covers the top of the greenhouse, forming a verdant canopy from which large, fragrant yellow roses depend during the season.

I consider palms and dracænas very useful in conservatories of limited size. Among blooming plants, I like the Dutch bulbs, azaleas, some of the begonias, geraniums, Olea fragrans, the baby primrose (P. Forbesii), Genista Canariensis, the Japanese chrysanthemums, and some of the varieties of abutilon. These, with specimens of Araucaria excelsa, philodendron, aspidistra, and an Otaheite orange or two, will fill all available space.

I make it a rule to fumigate my "winter garden" every fall, to prevent an invasion of aphides. Smut, which gives me considerable trouble, is controlled by applications of sulphur.

If I could not do any better, I would convert a cellarway into a green-house by covering it with window-sashes, and heating it with an oil-stove. In competent hands an outfit of this kind would do wonders.

A general collection of plants at the end of the chrysanthemum Season.