. Cassell's popular gardening. Gardening. GLASS STEUCTURES AXD APPLIAXCES. 41 grievously overcrowded, that plant - stores would more fitly describe them than either green-houses or conservatories. But then not a few of the green- houses, and those among the smallest, are often the most brilliantly furnished and tastefully ar- ranged. Size is a more uncertain basis of distinc- tion than purpose, and to assert that the small glass- houses were green-houses and the big ones conserva- tories, would cause a revolution along the leads and balconies, where tinj^ green-houses abound, and gene- Tally g
. Cassell's popular gardening. Gardening. GLASS STEUCTURES AXD APPLIAXCES. 41 grievously overcrowded, that plant - stores would more fitly describe them than either green-houses or conservatories. But then not a few of the green- houses, and those among the smallest, are often the most brilliantly furnished and tastefully ar- ranged. Size is a more uncertain basis of distinc- tion than purpose, and to assert that the small glass- houses were green-houses and the big ones conserva- tories, would cause a revolution along the leads and balconies, where tinj^ green-houses abound, and gene- Tally glow into the full and blushing importance of suburban or town €onservatories. Form and design have also been .adopted as distinc- tions. Plain lean- to houses have iDeen called green- houses ; span, cur- vilinear, ridge-and- furrow, domed, or other ornamental- shaped roofs, con- servatories. But it is easy to show that such distinctions have no more solid foundation than the others, and cannot he upheld. Finally, tempera- ture has been as- sumed to establish and maintain the difference between green - houses and conservatories, and generally it may be admitted that there may be a difference of from five ' to ten or more degrees between the two classes of houses in large places: the green-houses when filled with such plants as Heaths being kept about 40° in winter, while the conservatory, filled with a mixture of flowering plants, ranges from 45° to 50°. But then where the green-house is furnished with flowering plants, these differences of temj^erature disappear or may be reversed. Generally, however, conservatories are more ornamental than the majority of gi^een- houses, while not a few of the best of both, for pur- poses of culture or of ornamental display, are as plain and unpretentious as bald brick or stone walls and simple glass roofs can make them. Great changes of taste have occurred in reference to ornamental structures for plants. ^Tiile these "were designed
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