Window gardening : devoted specially to the culture of flowers and ornamental plants for indoor use and parlor decoration . e centre and back partsof these groups were tall speci-mens of the common sugarcane, (Sacharinum officira-num,) which held their longand boldly arching leaves wellover the group. These weresupported by Palms, whichthrew their graceful lines overthe specimen Camellias, whichwere in their turn graced hereand there by the presence of aDraccena or dwarf Palm ; andso down to the front edge,where Cinerarias, forcedbulbs, Primulas and Ferns,finished off the groups, allvery close
Window gardening : devoted specially to the culture of flowers and ornamental plants for indoor use and parlor decoration . e centre and back partsof these groups were tall speci-mens of the common sugarcane, (Sacharinum officira-num,) which held their longand boldly arching leaves wellover the group. These weresupported by Palms, whichthrew their graceful lines overthe specimen Camellias, whichwere in their turn graced hereand there by the presence of aDraccena or dwarf Palm ; andso down to the front edge,where Cinerarias, forcedbulbs, Primulas and Ferns,finished off the groups, allvery closely placed, so thatneither the lower part of thestems, nor a particle of any ofthe pots could be seen Any interstices that hap-pened to remain between] ijr 4 -Agave Americana. the bases of the plants were compactly filled with fresh green moss, which was also pressed against the littlegilt trellis work, which enclosed the whole, so that from the uppermost point ofthe cane leaves to the floor, nothing was seen but fresh green foliage and grace-ful forms enshjouding the ordinary flowers of our greenhouses—that are in^-. WINDOW GARDENING. 251 Ditely more attractive when thus set in the verdure of which nature is so profuse,and which is always so abundant where her charms of vegetation are at theirhighest. A scene such as this explains the prevalence of these graceful and noble-leavedplants in Paris gardens, and in Parisian flower shops and windows, for you mayfrequently see elegant little Draccenas ornamenting windows there, and as they
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