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We mention the plants particularly, 

 as perhaps some one may be disposed to 

 copy the designs literally. We know of 

 no form of Window Gardening so ex- 

 quisite as this. A climbing vine may be 

 twined around the outside of the win- 

 dow casement. The water in the aqua- 

 rium must be contained in a vessel with 

 glass sides, so that all portions may be 

 discernible to the eye. 



Fig. 45 is another of the designs for 

 Window Gardens, similar to those des- 

 cribed in our second chapter. Now it 

 is peculiarly suitable to hardy ferns, 

 and such native plants as the Partridge 

 vine. Mosses, Lycopodiums, etc. 



Fig. 46 is known as the Pickard Plant 

 Case ; but we do not discover any special 

 feature diiFerent from those constructed 

 by Miss Maling. It contains the same 

 metal box for the soil ; but instead of 

 having the glass sides and top stationary, 



all are movable, and easily put up or Fig. TO.-Wardian Case. 



taken down. The glass sides all come in sheets, which fit each into a light frame 

 of their own ; yet any one of these may be removed from the other without dis- 

 turbing the rest. The front can be taken out in an instant by lifting, or fixed 

 back again in its place by a couple of hooks and eyes j in short each side has a 

 frame of its own, and when all are shut 

 up together they are held firmly by 

 hooks and eyes at top and ends. The 

 interior of this case is filled with Calo- 

 diums, Begonias, and other plants of 

 colored foliage, as well as ferns. It is 

 intended specially for a case of soft 

 wooded plants, such as are usually 

 grown in the pots of the greenhouse. 



A very pretty fern case is that of 

 Fig. 47, also in the possession of Shirley 

 Hibberd. The base is a stone vase, with 

 hollow interior; the f«ot is a frame of 

 wood; inside the vase is a zinc pan, 

 wherein the ferns are placed, and the 

 frame of glass fits over the pan ; a couple 

 of doors furnish access to the interior Fis. -i.— vvardiau Case. 



