WINDOW PLANTS 151 



plants throughout London generally. They 

 seem by no means averse to a heated, smoky 

 atmosphere, and, being of ready cultural re- 

 quirements, are well adapted for growth 

 under the trying conditions to which they are 

 subjected in towns and cities. They do best 

 and show off their beautiful, semi-pendulous 

 flowers to advantage when used as hang- 

 ing plants a use to which both the plants 

 are largely put throughout London generally. 



THE COMMON IVY and several of the best 

 cut-leaved varieties, particularly emerald 

 gem, succeed well as pot plants in smoky 

 parts of our towns, and for this reason they 

 are largely used as window plants when 

 trained against a small trellis work that has 

 been erected in the pot in which the plant is 

 growing. The variety Laciniata and the 

 large-leaved Irish form would also appear 

 to be most commonly in use for window 

 decoration, and when neatly grown against 

 a trellis they have indeed a pleasing effect. 



Several species of CACTI are also grown 

 successfully by the dwellers in the East End 



