Window gardening : devoted specially to the culture of flowers and ornamental plants for indoor use and parlor decoration . summer in front ofa fireplace. Such flowerstand requires mostlyplants with ornamentaland variegated foliage, tobe seen from above. Forinstance, all the varietiesof Begonia Rex, hydro-cotyledes, manic at a,Warcsewitzii, D r e g e i,smaragdina, stigmosa,Pearcei and ricinifolia;different Caladias, San-chezia nobilis, Marantazebina, pardina, vittata,regalis, and Lindeni, sur-rounded by Torrenia asi-atica, Hoya carnosa, Tra-descantia discolor, Gym-nostachys Pearci, Pepe-romia
Window gardening : devoted specially to the culture of flowers and ornamental plants for indoor use and parlor decoration . summer in front ofa fireplace. Such flowerstand requires mostlyplants with ornamentaland variegated foliage, tobe seen from above. Forinstance, all the varietiesof Begonia Rex, hydro-cotyledes, manic at a,Warcsewitzii, D r e g e i,smaragdina, stigmosa,Pearcei and ricinifolia;different Caladias, San-chezia nobilis, Marantazebina, pardina, vittata,regalis, and Lindeni, sur-rounded by Torrenia asi-atica, Hoya carnosa, Tra-descantia discolor, Gym-nostachys Pearci, Pepe-romia argyraea, P i 1 e amuscosa and variouskinds of Gesneria andGloxinia. Fig. 21, an Aquariumcovered by a little arbor,to be used for windowdecoration or flower*•<-—— ~ = tables. Plants, as the Fig. 23. Flower Basket with Gold-fi8li basin. Cut shoWS US, are : Cype- rus alternifolius, Calla athiopica minor, [ris faetidissima, Acones graminifoliusand Isolepis parlatoris. For climbing plants, which will well cover the arbor,take : Pilogyne suavis, Tropaeolum tri-colorum or Smilax microphylla (Medeolaasiparagoides.). WINDOW GARDENING. 275 Fig. 22 represents a Glass rotunda or Bell Glass, surrounded by different dwarfplants exposed to dry air, as: Lychnis Haageana, Spigelia marilandica, Mimu-lus quinquevulneris Convolvulus mauritanicus and Calcaeolaria rugosa flori-bunda. The inside plants are like those which are proposed for Wardian caseS;requiring the same treatment. Such well filled and well arranged Bell glasses arebeautiful ornaments for the table at festivities. Fig. 23. The flower basket, with goldfish basin, is very cheerful to look atwhen standing in a bay window or on a table. It is charming to see the livelyand graceful little animals swimming about between the carefully arrangedplants. Plant in this basket the neat: Rosa bengalensis, Agrippina, Crocus,Snowdrops, Lily of the Valley, Lephyranthus candidus; Verbena var., kinds:Nesembryanthemum cordifolium, Carex japon
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