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WINDOW GARDENING. 



the hive was placed on a line with its pillars, and was consequently protected 

 from perpendicular rain, but as the excessive heat of summer is equally injurious 

 as rain, he had the hive protected from that and from the sudden influence of 

 either heat or cold, by a casing of broom and heather intertwined. For exainin 

 ing the bees at work, the back of the hive nsxt the window had a sliding door of 

 wood covering a square of plate glass, so that when the door was lifted the bees 

 could be seen at work. The engraving (Fig. 6) also affords to any one an idea 

 of decorating the outside of the window with climbing vines; the Wistaria being 

 v dch the most permanent and rapid growing. This will be found a most inter- 



esting feature to children and visitors, and it will add much to the convenience 

 of position if the window is low and near the ground. 



One of the problems every window gardener has to solve is, to allow his plants 

 all needful light, air and warmth, and yet protect them on the one hand from 

 either the dry heat of the living room warmed by a furnace or stove, and on the 

 other side from penetrating draughts of cold air 



This has been solved in many cases already, by the building of plant cabinets, 

 occupy not only the whole recess of the window, but are built out some- 



