KING'S GARDENING COSTS NIM £40,000.
- No one who has not lately visited Frogmore could realise the changes which fiavtr been made in the King s reign. A f sum of not less than £40,000 bag been expended on the gardebs, which are perfectly planned and artistically carried out. But what the King most prides himself Upon is his arrangement for heating his glasß houses. By an ingenious plan they are ail heated from one furnace, which is kept constantly alight, and the supplly of hot air can bo regulated or altogether cut off to suit each separate requirement, as every house has its own pipes. The amving of labour is immense, and so is the saving of expense—after the initial cost. There is one hothouse which receives special care, and that is the one where Maimaisons are kept blooming all the year round, for this is the Queen’s favourite flower, and wherever she may be she all ways asks for a regular supply, and never fails to get it.
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Northland Age, Volume 3, Issue 20, 18 December 1906, Page 8
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