Window gardening : devoted specially to the culture of flowers and ornamental plants for indoor use and parlor decoration . case is too large, many plants will receive an undue proportion of the sunlight, while others Fig. Plant Case. wiU be totally deprived. The Germans, who have a greater fondness and taste for Windoio Gardening than any other nation, have some very tasteful fancies in the way of Ferneries and Rockeries in the windows. Fig. 44 will illustrate one of them projecting outward from the side of the arch frame above is also on the outside. Looking at the rocke
Window gardening : devoted specially to the culture of flowers and ornamental plants for indoor use and parlor decoration . case is too large, many plants will receive an undue proportion of the sunlight, while others Fig. Plant Case. wiU be totally deprived. The Germans, who have a greater fondness and taste for Windoio Gardening than any other nation, have some very tasteful fancies in the way of Ferneries and Rockeries in the windows. Fig. 44 will illustrate one of them projecting outward from the side of the arch frame above is also on the outside. Looking at the rockery within risingup out of clie aquarium, we find the following plants which do well in theconstant evaporation of the water : Adiantum tenerum, cuneatum, formosum; Davallia, pixidata; Gymno-gramma Peruviana ; Lomaria spicant; onychieumjaponicum ; Pteris serrulata ;Selaginella calsia ; Selaginella, umbrosa, Africana ssrj)ens, and Wildenovii, withAcorus gramineus folius fol var; Sibthorpia Europeea ; Panicum variegatum ;Torrenia Asiatica ; Ficus stipularis ; Tradescantia Zebrina ; Hoya bella, Sind^schynanthus WINDOW GARDENING. 183 We mention the plants particularly,as perhaps some one may be disposed tocopy the designs literally. We know ofno form of Window Gardening so ex-quisite as this. A climbing vine may betwined around the outside of the win-dow casement. The water in the aqua-rium must be contained in a vessel withglass sides, so that all portions may bediscernible to the eye. Fig. 45 is another of the designs forWindow Gardens, similar to those des-cribed in our second chapter. Now itis peculiarly suitable to hardy ferns,and such native plants as the Partridgevine. Mosses, Lycopodiums, etc. Fig. 46 is known as the Pickard PlantCase; but we do not discover any specialfeature diiFerent from those constructedby Miss Maling. It contains the samemetal box for the soil; but instead ofhaving the glass sides and top stationary, all are movable, and easily put up or Fig
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