. Cassell's popular gardening. Gardening. CASSELL'8 Popular Gardening. HOUSE, AREA, AND WINDOW GARDENING. By William INTRODUCTION. HE subject of House and Win- dow Gardening, under which title it is proposed to treat of plants in windows, balco- nies, verandahs, porches and areas, and upon house- tops, may be re- garded from so many different jjoints of view that it is difficult to say which should have l)viority of consideration. The invalid who is con- lined to the house grows his three or four plants on a shelf or table in the window of his room, and cares nothing for what the ped
. Cassell's popular gardening. Gardening. CASSELL'8 Popular Gardening. HOUSE, AREA, AND WINDOW GARDENING. By William INTRODUCTION. HE subject of House and Win- dow Gardening, under which title it is proposed to treat of plants in windows, balco- nies, verandahs, porches and areas, and upon house- tops, may be re- garded from so many different jjoints of view that it is difficult to say which should have l)viority of consideration. The invalid who is con- lined to the house grows his three or four plants on a shelf or table in the window of his room, and cares nothing for what the pedestrian in the road may think of his pets; while the man in health, who is able to be much out of doors, thinks as much of the external decorative effect produced by the care- fid arrangement of the plants, as of their culture. 15 at wherever they are placed, there is much to be thought of and attended to if good results are wished lor; and though reading about what ought to be done is doubtless of great assistance, there is no teaching so good as practical experience in over- c(;ming difficulties as they arise, and thus learning how to prevent their recurrence. It must not be expected that we are preparing a series of papers upon the decoration of houses with plants, or upon the preparation of plants for decora- tive domestic purposes. Our subject is Gardening, 49 not Decorating, which latter subject has been more specially treated of in the preceding volume ; never- theless it will be our desire always to keep the deco- rative effect of plants before our mind's eye, and to be guided by that effect in all our suggestions and recommendations. While it would scarcely be correct to sjDcak of House and Window Gardening as a new subject, it may fairly be described as an art in its infancy, so little has yet been done in it compared with what might be done. A few years ago the only illustra- tions of it were to be found inside the windows of cottages, where some of the commonest hal
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