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WINDOW GARDENING. 



drawing room or boudoir, without any marked injury. The variegations of their 

 foliage, spotted or shaded with tints of green, white, red and pink, are veiy 

 unique and beautiful. The best sorts are as follows 



Argyrites, small foliage, prettily spotted and blotched with white. 

 Bicolor splendens, a strong grower, green ground with dark red centre. 



Chantini, foliage red, 

 centre spotted with 

 white. 



Wightii, foliage 

 green, beautifully spot- 

 ted with red and white. 

 Picturatum, long, 

 narrow foliage, band of 

 rosy red down the cen- 

 tre. 



VerschaffeUii, green 

 ground with crimson 

 centre. 



The best soil for the 

 C a 1 a d i u m is fibrous 

 loom, and plenty of leaf 

 mould and silver sand. 



Begonias. 

 In some respects the 

 most gorgeous of all 

 plants with variegated 

 leaves. They should be 

 mostly as single plants, 

 *. e. only one plant in 

 the centre of each box 

 or basket. A large 

 leaved Begonia in the 

 Kijr. ii._c,aiadinm. window imparts an in- 



describably rich appearance. The following are best varieties : 



Begonia Bex, very showy, and a picturesque plant for exhibition purposes, 

 leaves very broad, under side deep crimson, upper surface colored with various 

 spots of silvery or snowy white. 



Fuchsiodies, Saundersonii and parviflora are three very pretty varieties ; 

 when in flower, the contrast of their scarlet rose and white flowers is very fine. 

 B. erecta multiflora, is mentioned by some florists, as especially desirable, for it 

 combines the two qualities of flowers and foliage. 



B. carnea pink ; B. mamorata, flesh color, may be added; the first are white. 



