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PLANTS FOR WINDOW GARDENING. 



single sorts should be taken up and thrown away, to give 

 the double ones more room to grow. The finer blossoms 

 ought then to be selected for layering or piping. 



The following list comprises a few of the varieties : 



CARNATIONS. 

 Admiral Curzon, 

 Coriolanus, 

 General Simpson, 

 King of Carnations, 

 Falconbridge, 

 Acca, 



Squire Trow, 

 Valentine, 

 Benedict. 



PICOTEES. 

 Esther, 

 Prince Albert, 

 Amy Robsart, 

 Haidee, 

 Ophelia, 

 Princess Royal, 

 Lamia, 



Duke of Newcastle, 

 Ganymede. 



THE FUCHSIA. 



If by a window plant we mean one which blooms in 

 winter, then the Fuchsia is not a window plant. A few 

 solitary blooms may be produced during the spring, but the 

 summer is its season of glory. 



As a pot plant, for summer blooming, it is unsurpassed, 

 being very floriferous, of brilliant foliage, and symmetrical 

 habit. All of our garden varieties are hybrids, from 

 ancestors introduced from South America and Mexico. 

 Strange to say, there is a New Zealand species also. The 



