Window gardening : devoted specially to the culture of flowers and ornamental plants for indoor use and parlor decoration . lb orcut flowers, placed in moist sand. Fig. 60 is a lovely basket of rusticwork, principally of the same ma-terial as that from which our canechairs are constructed. It is filledwith ferns, drooping plants, Smilax,and has a great variety of otherplants too numerous to mention indetail. Such a basket can be easilyobtained or constructed at any furni-ture store, and filled by any florist. Fig. 62 is of Terra Cotta, delicatelymoulded in the form of vase ratherthan a plant s
Window gardening : devoted specially to the culture of flowers and ornamental plants for indoor use and parlor decoration . lb orcut flowers, placed in moist sand. Fig. 60 is a lovely basket of rusticwork, principally of the same ma-terial as that from which our canechairs are constructed. It is filledwith ferns, drooping plants, Smilax,and has a great variety of otherplants too numerous to mention indetail. Such a basket can be easilyobtained or constructed at any furni-ture store, and filled by any florist. Fig. 62 is of Terra Cotta, delicatelymoulded in the form of vase ratherthan a plant stand, and filled with aprofusion of charming plants fromTulip to Achyranthus, and SnowDrop to Fuchsia. Every one who wishes to learn thebest plants foi such purposes will findfull descriptions in Part Two. Figs. 53 to 59 need little explana-tion. Every one has necessity forsome plant stands for the pots beforei,.j„ 62. the window. All these designs are constructed of iron or made of wire and in countless patterns and devices. Thecost is but very moderate ranging from $ to $ All are easily movableand
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