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WINDOW GARDENING. 



Brugmansia arborea fl. pi., Sabal minor (Corypha), Chamaerops Palmetto 

 (corypha) of Ferns especially : Balantium antarcticum, Blechnum australe ; 

 Cyrtomium falcatum, Cyathea australis and Oyathea meduUaris. All these 

 plants are very durable and easy in cultivation for a low temperature and do 

 not require much light. They keep during the winter the full foliage and many 

 of them will bloom at this season. Plants, like Acacia lophanta, drop the leaves 

 often in winter and require much light and a careful treatment. It is, as we have 

 said, most important to put saucers under the pots ; it prevents the draining 



Fig. 21. Aquarium, with arbor. 



water from flowing over. The complaints of ladies that plants spoil the furni- 

 ture will, if this caution is employed, be left away. 



The following illustjations will explain the method how to treat, arrange 

 and plant the different objects suitable for putting plants for decoration: 

 This can be a guide for graceful arrangements to every one who has a passion 

 for these sweet beings, leaving enough room to develop a refined good taste, and 

 gaining with it the admiration of all. In some respects plants are like animals, 



