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WINDOW GARDENING. 



rooms. No. 34, is a rustic Tile Jardinet, hexagon shaped, 

 and 11 to 16 inches in diameter. No. 31, is the same 

 mounted upon a rustic cedar wood stand. No. 33, is a 

 china flower vase with fence pattern, made entirely 

 round, and from 6 to 14 inches in diameter. No. 35, is 

 a pretty little idea of a sea shell, fitted to a rustic frame; 

 the interior of the shell is filled with compost or moss, 

 and from it grows a feathery fern. No. 30, is a rustic 

 wood basket, made by any one with a taste for mechani- 

 cal construction and very simply put together. It is 

 suitable for any house, and adapted to any position 

 out doors or in doors. Will look best if filled with 

 ferns, but when bulbs are in season, fill it with 

 good selection of Hyacinths, Tulips or Crocuses, ac- 

 cording to the fancy of the fair gardener. No. 37, is 

 a rustic vase of circular outline, intended especially for indoor decoration. 

 They are very cheap; both should be lined with zinc, or else the presence of 

 the damp earth will cause them to rot. "When bulbs are past their spring bloom- 

 ing, then take Ferns or Dracaena, or any plant provided it is not of too great 

 height, and must have an agreeable shadnig of color, with appropriate form 

 and contour. 



Fig. 35. 



Fig. 36. Fig. 37. 



A large numbei- of vari-colored floral pots and jardinieres, made of lava, and 

 now imported from Europe, can be found of various prices from fl.50 to 

 85.00, in any of our fancy china ware and porcelain stores. They are of beauti- 

 ful finish, and usually very cheap. 



Some American manufacturers are now producing designs in terra cotta which are 



