Window gardening : devoted specially to the culture of flowers and ornamental plants for indoor use and parlor decoration . Kig. 39. Fig. 40. 64 WIiYDOW GARDENING. grown enough to fill the whole window, it may be allowed to hang down in fes-toons, forming a natural and graceful screen in any sunny window. Climbingvines need considerable care and examination, for they are apt to harbor spidersand insects of various descriptions. Likewise, they drop their dead leaves andflowers, necessitating constant cleanliness. Nothing is so clean and satisfactoryas the Ivy. Everything in these pots must be r
Window gardening : devoted specially to the culture of flowers and ornamental plants for indoor use and parlor decoration . Kig. 39. Fig. 40. 64 WIiYDOW GARDENING. grown enough to fill the whole window, it may be allowed to hang down in fes-toons, forming a natural and graceful screen in any sunny window. Climbingvines need considerable care and examination, for they are apt to harbor spidersand insects of various descriptions. Likewise, they drop their dead leaves andflowers, necessitating constant cleanliness. Nothing is so clean and satisfactoryas the Ivy. Everything in these pots must be regularly watered, and like allother pots, precaution must be had as to drainage; all troughs or boxes withoutexception should be lined with Fig. 41. Fig. 41 is a design of a window box, constructed by an ordinary boards of common timber eight inches wide, half an inch thick, and threeand a half feet long, foim the side of the box ; the ends are twelve inches wideeight inches high, six and a half inches broad. The bottom board is twelveinches wide, one inch thick, three and a half feet long, and projects about aninch beyond the side all around. A tray or lining of zinc was made by the tin-man and fitted in. A piece of oil cloth with a pretty pattern, and some mosaic tilework was obtained at the carpet store, and tacked carefully to the sides. Mould-ings of wood were nailed all round the top, bottom and end, then all the woodwork was stained by rubbing it over witti burnt umber and water, and after itwas dry, a coating of varnish was put on to finish it. For filling such a box there is a great variety to choose from ; at one time youmay use Begonias, at another, Geraniums, with variegated foliage, such as theL
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