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WINDOW GARDENING. 



" Surround the roof with an iron frame 6 feet high, made of iron rods, set up 

 at intervals of G feet, and connected with smaller rods running entirely around 

 the roof. Train on this fence Wistaria, Woodbine, Honeysuckle, or Kunning 

 Hoses. 



On the fence on the north side, where the Roses would get full sun, plant 

 Baltimore Belle, Mrs. Hovey, or Rosa Ruga, if content with single blooming 

 Roses; or select from the Noisettes La Marque or Aimee Vibert or Madame 

 Henrietta, and from the Teas, Safrano. 



On the east fence plant the Lonicera Halliana, Hall's Honeysuckle, and the 

 Golden Berried Honeysuckle all hardy; on the south, Golden and common 

 Ivy; on the west, Dutch Monthly Honeysuckle and one running Rose. 



During the summer grow Tropaeolum, Maurandia, Nierembergia, and Tpomoea 

 among the hardy vines. In the northwest corner (.4) set six Hybrid Perpetual 



Roses, then a bed of Heliotropes ; in the 

 northeast corner six more Hybrid or 

 other Perpetuals ; D and H, occupied 

 by roots of vines ; cover the surface with 

 Periwinkle, Nummularia, or Lycopo- 

 dium ; E, June Roses : F, Tricolor 

 Pelargoniums, which do best out of the 

 direct rays of the sun ; Or, Moss Roses, 

 single, blooming, and perpetual. In the 

 centre bed I is a group of Coleus sur- 

 unded by Centauria candidissima ; J", 

 K, L, M, are filled with China, Bengal, 

 and Tea Roses, the surface unoccupied 

 to be covered with Blue Lobelia ; X is 

 the trap door which leads out of the 

 roof. 



A roof garden for Roses could be 

 planted every autumn with Bulb?, Snow 

 drops, Crocuses, Hyacinths, and Tulips, 

 all of which would blossom and die be- 

 fore the foliage of the Roses would be 

 large enough to do any harm. 



Let, there be planted forinstance, four 

 colors of Hyacinths in the beds J, 

 K, Ly M ; Crown Imperials and Tulips in I; border all the beds with Snow- 

 drops; set Crocus in four colors inside of the Snowdrops; fill J5, F t D, H with 

 mixed Tulips, and put Daffodils, Jonquils, and Polyanthus in A, (7, (7, G. 



" The bed for roof gardens should be raised a few inches above the surface of 

 the roof, the wood forming the bottom of the garden-box or crib, being perfo- 

 rated ; the sides of the box should be two feet high. First lay over the floor a 

 few inches of leaves, broken bones, or coarse manure." 



Kiy. 23. Plan of a Rose Garden on the Roof of a 

 House. 



