WINDOW GARDENING. 



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Select list of Ferns for Room or Table Decorations. 



Adiantuin cuneatum, 



" formosum, 



" hispidulum, 

 Asplenium flaccidum, 



" marinum, 



Blechnum brasiliense, 



" corcovadense, 

 Athyrium Filix foemina, 



" F. f. Fieldii, 

 Scolopendrium vulgare crispense, 

 Lomaria gibba, 



Orchids. 

 " Until very recently I had believed that Orchids would never flourish if 

 taken from the greenhouses, but a gardener of my acquaintance has introduced 

 them while in bloom into a drawing-room with perfect success, the plants not 

 having suffered in the least by the change of atmosphere." 

 The following List of Orchids is very suitable for rooms : 



Lomaria cihata, 

 Nephrolepis exaltata, 

 Pteris cretica albo lineata, 



" serrulata, 

 Lastrea cristata, 

 ' ' dilatata, 

 " Fihx mas cristata, 

 Polystichum angulare, 

 " cristatum, 



" proliferum. 



B,arkeria Skinneri, 

 Aerides Warneri, 

 Brassavola Digbyana, 

 Calanthe vestita, 

 Chysis Limminghi, 

 Cypripedium barbatum, 

 " venustum. 



Leptotes bicolor, 

 Lycaste Skinneri, 



" aromatica, 

 Mormodes " 

 Oncidium ampliatum, 

 " flexuosum, 

 " divaricatum, 

 " insignis, " cupreum, 



Dendrobium nobile, Pleione maculata, 



" pulchellum. Sephronites cernua, 



Epidendrum vitellinum, " violacea. 



"All kinds of plants bearing flowers have paid their tribute to the ornamen- 

 tation of rooms, from the humble mignionette, upon which the patient seamstress 

 loves to turn her weary eyes, to the magnificent Orchid, that with its brilliant 

 colors and fantastic forms fills with grace and beauty the apartments of the 

 atfluent." 



Miscellaneous Plants. 

 " The following plants are very elegant in appearance, but require considerable 

 care and attention, being somewhat difficult for ordinary window culture. They 

 are more suitable for frames and cases, and are frequently cultivated in that 

 manner : 



Aralia, several species, especially Aralia Sieboldii. 

 Bambusa japonica variegata, and B. Fortunei variegata. 

 Bromehacese, most varieties. 

 Carludovica, palmata and plicata. 



