Window gardening : devoted specially to the culture of flowers and ornamental plants for indoor use and parlor decoration . Oiuaiueutal Parlor CHAPTER IX. Conservatories and Greenhouses. These are costly and mainly afforded only by the wealthy. As an ornament ofarchitectural value, no villa is complete without them, and even the owner ofthe city mansion does not seem well satisfied till he has added one of theseelegancies to assist the look and feeling of taste. Usually they are quite costly, and both interior and exterior are highly decora-ted, and as objects of effect on the lawn, or
Window gardening : devoted specially to the culture of flowers and ornamental plants for indoor use and parlor decoration . Oiuaiueutal Parlor CHAPTER IX. Conservatories and Greenhouses. These are costly and mainly afforded only by the wealthy. As an ornament ofarchitectural value, no villa is complete without them, and even the owner ofthe city mansion does not seem well satisfied till he has added one of theseelegancies to assist the look and feeling of taste. Usually they are quite costly, and both interior and exterior are highly decora-ted, and as objects of effect on the lawn, or among the shrubbery, they are worthall their value in their embellishment of rural art. Still, even the person of moderate purse, may have one not very showy, yetvery convenient, and well adapted to this purpose, viz: The keeping of plants inlarger quantities than the ordinary space of the window, or parlor garden, andalso in a better and more successful atmosphere than that of the living room. It would take a volume alone to point out all technical details necessary toanyone about to build one. For an extensive design, the advice of a horticu
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