. Cassell's popular gardening. Gardening. HOUSE, AKEA, XST> WINDOW GARDENING. of a very convenient description, wHoh can te deco- rated very ormmentally witli growing plants. In the same way a glass partition may be used to convert a tow-window into a receptacle for plants ever, be conveniently designed for a vestibule, or inner porch, of a front door, where there is plenty of light. In all these a variety of plants might be grown in a perfectly satisfactory manner; but with-. Fig. 22.—DOTTBLE-SASH COKSEEVATOBT. in pots, in which an invalid may find much amuse- ment without being exposed to
. Cassell's popular gardening. Gardening. HOUSE, AKEA, XST> WINDOW GARDENING. of a very convenient description, wHoh can te deco- rated very ormmentally witli growing plants. In the same way a glass partition may be used to convert a tow-window into a receptacle for plants ever, be conveniently designed for a vestibule, or inner porch, of a front door, where there is plenty of light. In all these a variety of plants might be grown in a perfectly satisfactory manner; but with-. Fig. 22.—DOTTBLE-SASH COKSEEVATOBT. in pots, in which an invalid may find much amuse- ment without being exposed to wind or weather. The illustration at Fig. 21 shows a bow-shaped conservatory bmlt against a large flat window, and projecting into a room. It need hardly be remarked that this could only be admissible in a room of large dimensions. A modification of this idea might, how- out knowing the aspect and the amount of available light, it would be impossible to say what plants would do best. All the foregoing examples of in-door gardening under cover have been fixtures. We will now refer to some forms of movable cases, which will be of use to those who wish to do a little horticulture on. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Fish, David Taylor, 1824-1901. London, Paris, New York Melbourne, Cassell & company, limited
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