WindoiD Greenhouses. 305 



With proper care and attention, plants may be most suc- 

 cessfully grown in rooms or parlors : we say with care, — but 

 we do not mean with too much care, — for we believe that 

 more plants are ruined with too much attention than too lit- 

 tle. A few leading principles understood, nothing can be 

 more simple than the treatment of window plants, as the ar- 

 ticle we annex will show. 



We have, in a previous volume, (VII, p. 214,) given an 

 article on the culture of the camellia in parlors, a plant usually 

 found very difficult of management. But Dr. Gunnel not 

 only grew them well, but flowered them beautifully. The 

 pelargonium is one of the best of parlor plants, and the suc- 

 cess of the writer shows what can be done with proper treat- 

 ment. Many other things may be had in fine condition by 

 following the rules now laid down. 



A reference to our volume above quoted, will show that 

 the writer uses precisely the same kind of stage or table as 

 Dr. Gunnell, only that he has a tier of shelves upon which 

 the plants are arranged, so that the water may fall upon the 

 table. 



In conclusion, we need only urge attention to the rules 

 laid down ; if they are attended to, their management will be 

 simple, and success certain : — 



You ask me the particulars of my '• window greenhouse," 

 in which, as I have been sufficiently successful not only to 

 please myself, but to have imitators because of that success, 

 I have great pleasure in telling you, — no, not you, but your 

 readers, — ^how I manage matters, I had last season about 

 900 blossoms on 35 plants, and as I am not aware that the 

 care of them took up time that ought to have been otherwise 

 employed, and was a pleasure all through the year as well as 

 in the blooming season, I really should be glad to see the 

 system more general. I cannot promise that all shall succeed 

 who may try it, but I think I can show that those who do 

 not may charge themselves with their failure. 



Probably most of your readers have occasionally noticed a 

 most flourishing tree, covered with healthy blossoms, in an 



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