Window gardening : devoted specially to the culture of flowers and ornamental plants for indoor use and parlor decoration . re free bloomers, very showy,and have exceedingly handsomeflowers, with rich colors. Fig. 4, is a sketch of a prettywire basket, filled with Ivy andFerns; branches of the partridgevine hang over the sides of thebasket; the interior is filled withmoss, and over them all peep outclusters of exquisite ferns. Thestems of the Ivy and the part-ridge vine are all stuck into bot-tles filled with water, and hidaway here and there in the ferns had all been gatheredfrom the
Window gardening : devoted specially to the culture of flowers and ornamental plants for indoor use and parlor decoration . re free bloomers, very showy,and have exceedingly handsomeflowers, with rich colors. Fig. 4, is a sketch of a prettywire basket, filled with Ivy andFerns; branches of the partridgevine hang over the sides of thebasket; the interior is filled withmoss, and over them all peep outclusters of exquisite ferns. Thestems of the Ivy and the part-ridge vine are all stuck into bot-tles filled with water, and hidaway here and there in the ferns had all been gatheredfrom the woods, and then pressedout smooth and clean, and ar-ranged gracefully, their stemsstanding in the water of the bot-tles ; the bottles are filled withwater every two or three Ivy has also grown fromonly two or three little slips stuckinto the water, and has twinedits arms around and above thecords of the basket, clear to thevery top. Fig. 5, is a group of Ferns ofgreat variety, gathered into awire basket of neat and simpledesign. In the centre of thegroup is one of the Dractenas,having leaves of a brilliantly. Fig. 6.—Flower Basket. shaded dark crimson—a class of plants always very handsome. Springing out of this is the Goniophlebium Subauriculatum, with its longprimate pendulous fronds; the Cheilanthes Spectabilis, which delights in moist-ure, warmth, and shade; other Ferns, such as the Maidens Hair, (Adiantum,)usually of large growth. The Athyrium, and many of the Spleenworts, (Asple-nium,) are introduced here to form one of the finest styles of natural HangingBaskets we can suggest for imitation by our readers. Fig. 6, introduces a style of basket very suitable for bulbs. It is made ofwire, and the interior is lined with zinc. There is a small vessel beneath tohold drippings from the hole for drainage. Zinc vessels are not always perma- 7 98 WIADOW GARDENING. nent; in time they corrode, and must be renewed. Clay or wood are plants herein are sever
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