The Cool Greenhouse and its flowering plants

The cool greenhouse

In the cool house the night temperature in winter should be about 55 to 60 degrees with the usual rise of 10 degrees during the day. In this temperature range, you can grow a variety of plants including all of those suggested for the unheated green-

18. The free-standing greenhouse of Mrs. Marion Hughes, Galesburg,
Michigan demonstrates the convenience of slat shading; it can be rolled
down whenever needed, in end or side sections, as dictated by the sun.
(Photograph by Hughes)

house, as well as the plants in the following list, and your heating costs will be far less than those in a warm house of the same size.

Flowering plants for the cool house

(Winter night temperature: 55-60 degrees.)

Spring

Aquilegia
(Columbine)
Azalea
Browallia
Camellia Carnation
Cineraria Clematis
Clivia* Lachenalia*
Convallaria Lilium*
(Lily-of-the-V’alley) * Nasturtium
Freesia a (Tropaeolum)
Geranium Rhododendron
(Pelargonium)

Summer

Achimenes* Clematis
Agapanthus* Morning Glory
Asarina (Convolvulus)
(Maurandia) Cup-and-Saucer Vine
Begonia (Cobea scandens)
(all types) Crinum *
Bougainvillea Datura
Cacti Fuchsia
(Some varieties) Habranthus0
Caladium* Hoya
Calceolaria Hydrangea
Campanula Impatiens
Canna* Lantana
Carnation

Autumn

Bignonia Mignonette
Browallia Nerine*
Chrysanthemum Salvia
Fatsia Streptocarpus
Flowering Maple Vallota*
(Abutilon)

19. Profit “right in your own back yard.” Could the neighbors, or anyone,
resist taking home some part of this lush preview of spring? (Greenhouse
of Ruth Marie Peters; photograph by Roche)

Winter

Begonia Chrysanthemum
(Fibrous-rooted) Cineraria
Bouvardia Cyclamen*
Carnation Stocks
Christmas Rose
(Helleborus Niger)

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