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Originally appearing in Volume V13, Page 774 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

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GREENHOUSE See also:

PLANTS

PLANTS .—These are plants requiring the shelter of a See also:

glass See also:

HOUSE
HOUSE (O. Eng. hiss, a word common to Teutonic languages, cf. Dut. huis, Ger. Haus; in Gothic it is only found in gudhiss, a temple; it may be ultimately connected with the root of " hide," conceal)

house, provided with a moderate degree of See also:

HEAT (0. E. haktu, which like " hot," Old Eng. hat, is from the Teutonic type haita, hit, to be hot; cf. Ger. hitze, heiss; Dutch, hitte, heet, &c.)

heat, of which 45° Fahr. may be taken as the minimum in See also:

winter. The house should be opened for See also:

VENTILATION (Lat. ventilare, from ventus, wind)

ventilation in all mild See also:

WEATHER (O. Eng. weder; the word is common to Teutonic languages; cf. Du. weder, Dan. veir, Icel. ve8r, and Ger. Wetter and Gewitter, storm; the root is wa- to blow, from which is derived " wind ")

weather in winter, and daily throughout the See also:

REST (O. Eng. rest, reste, bed, cognate with other Teutonic forms, e.g. Ger. Rast, Riiste, rest, and probably Gothic Rasta, league, i.e. resting or stopping place)

rest of the See also:

YEAR

year. The following is a select See also:

list of genera of See also:

MISCELLANEOUS

miscellaneous decorative plants (See also:

ORCHIDS

orchids, palms and ferns excluded; climbers are denoted by *; bulbous and tuberous plants by t) : See also:

ABUTILON (from the Arabic aubutilslae, a name given by Avicenna to this or an allied genus)

Abutilon See also:

ASPIDISTRA

Aspidistra Brugmansia See also:

ACACIA

Acacia Asystasia (Mackaya) See also:

CALCEOLARIA

Calceolaria Agapanthus See also:

AZALEA

Azalea See also:

CAMELLIA

Camellia Agathaea Bauera See also:

CAMPANULA (Bell-flower)

Campanula See also:

AGAVE

Agave Begoniat Canna Alonsoa Blandfordia Celosia Aloysia Bomarea* Cestrum* Amaryllist Boronia Chorizema* Ardisia Bougainvillea* Chrysanthemum See also:

ASPARAGUS

Asparagus See also:

BOUVARDIA

Bouvardia CinerariaClianthus Ficus Nerinet Clivia See also:

FUCHSIA

Fuchsia Nerium Cobaea* Grevillea Pelargonium See also:

COLEUS

Coleus Haemanthust See also:

PETUNIA

Petunia Coprosma Heliotropium Pimelia Cordyline Hibiscus See also:

PLUMBAGO (from Lat. plum-bum, lead)

Plumbago* See also:

CORREA

Correa Hoya* Polianthest Cuphea See also:

HYDRANGEA

Hydrangea Primula Cyclament See also:

IMPATIENS

Impatiens See also:

RHODODENDRON

Rhododendron Cyperus Jasminum* See also:

RICHARDIA

Richardia (Calla)t Cytisus .

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