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net ever illustrated. The in- 

 terior is filled principally with 

 plants of stately growth, Coleus, 

 Calla Lily, Canna, Maranta, 

 Dracaena, Dieflenbachia, &c. 



There are other designs of still 

 more simple nature, which may 

 be found in succeeding pages of 

 this book. Window boxes are 

 by far the simplest and most 

 popular, but are adapted mostly 

 to the indoor culture of bulbs 

 We have noticed frequently the 

 late introduction of tile boxes, 

 rilling the entire width of the 

 window, and placed just inside 

 the panes of glass, filled with 

 nothing but young plants of the 

 Arbor Vitae. Their delicate, 

 feathery green foliage contrasts 

 well with the white curtains 

 just behind, and the whole form 

 one of the easiest, yet most 

 unique styles of window garden- 

 ing. 



Fig. 13. 



The Location of the Window Garden. 



A good location or exposure is desirable. There are plants which love the shade. 

 Pansies, Sweet Violets, and some of the variegated plants, will grow and bloom if 

 not placed directly in the sun's ray ; but Roses, Geraniums, Heliotropes, Verbe- 

 nas, Daphnes, Azaleas, &c., must be near the glass, and under the direct influence 

 of the light, if we would have them flourish. An exposure where the sun can 

 strike unobstructed from its first appearance above the horizon in the morning, 

 until one or two o'clock, p. M., is much the most desirable. A southern or south- 

 eastern window is the best, next is an eastern exposure, then a western one, 

 and the north worst of all. At a northern one, little but Pansies and Sweet 

 Violets will grow, though Camellias delight in a cool, inoist atmosphere, and 

 will often flourish at such a window with but little sunshine. The plants must 

 have all the sunshine you can bestow upon them, but at night they should be 

 kept in the dark; and as all plants in summer are cooler at night than in the 

 day time, those that are grown in windows should also be cooler. This point is 

 perhaps not as well understood as it should be, for there are persons so fearful 



