GARDENING IN THE WINDOW. 



Fig. 1311. — End cross section of a plant- 

 stand ON ROLLERS. 



F an enumeration could be made of 

 persons who cultivate window 

 plants in our land, it would be 

 found that they were far into mil- 

 lions. What Daniel Webster said is 

 true : " The culture of plants seems to 

 be a common field, where every degree 

 of taste and refinement may unite, and 

 find opportunities for their gratifica- 

 tion." It will not be inapt therefore, 

 at this time in the winter season, 

 when the culture of house plants gives 

 especial delight, to consider somewhat 

 certain phases of their management. 

 This is especially true inasmuch as 



many young persons, and others, every 

 year enter upon window gardening for 

 the first time, or else do so on an en- 

 larged scale. 



Requiring, as young plants do, both 

 light and warmth, a south window 

 should be the first choice as winter 

 quarters for pot plants. Still there are 

 some other points necessary to be con- 

 sidered. For instance, plants do not 

 succeed as well near a stove or hot air 

 register as they do farther away ; should 

 the heater therefore be near the south 

 window it may be necessary to keep the 

 plant-stand elsewhere. An east or west 

 wmdow, the former preferred, should be 

 the next choice. Indeed in the spring 

 and summer either of the latter is some- 

 what preferable to a south window, be- 

 cause of the stronger sunshine in the 

 last named at a season when neither 

 heat nor excessive sunshine are required. 



But what of a north exposure for pot 

 plants ? If there is no other window 

 available, one need not be without 

 beautiful plants and flowers even here, 

 if such be properly selected. Here is a 

 list of some good north-window plants: 

 Tulips, hyacinths and other Dutch 

 bulbs, Aspidistra lurida, and its variety 

 with variegated leaves, India rubber 

 plant, gold-spotted farfugium, English 

 ivy, German ivy, (Senecio), Agaves, 



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