152 TOWN PLANTING 



of London, and at some of the flower shows 

 the perfection of culture to which they have 

 been brought is surprising. 



GERANIUMS, of course, do well as window 

 plants everywhere in the metropolis, the 

 readiest to manage, judging from what one 

 sees, being the green-leaved forms. Fuchsias 

 are not so satisfactory, though well-grown 

 specimens in the windows of the poorer in- 

 habitants of our narrow dusty streets are not 

 uncommon. 



THE COMMON VERBENA or Cherry Pie is 

 sometimes seen as a window plant in London, 

 where, for a time, even in dusty, smoky dis- 

 tricts it appears to flourish. 



EUONYMUS RADICANS VARIEGATA is often 

 used for pot culture in London, where it suc- 

 ceeds well if studied as to the class of soil in 

 which it is planted, and that not too much 

 moisture is present at the root. 



FERNS are also useful as window plants 

 for smoky towns, the two best perhaps 

 being Pteris cretica and Asplenium bnl- 

 biferum. 



