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of elegant form, in which to place a common 

 flower pot containing ornamental plants ; some 

 with straight stalks such as petunias or red- 

 flowered geraniums; others with hanging stems 

 such as Chinese saxifrage, the runners of which, 

 like those of the strawberry, bloom at each joint 

 while floating freely in the air. Similar vases are 

 appropriate ornaments for the windows of all 

 other exposures except the northern. During the 

 cold season they can be taken in, and hung to 

 the ceiling like chandeliers ; and it is easy to 

 procure such as will perform the office of veri- 

 table chandeliers, being set round with sockets 

 for holding candles, choice plants agaves, for 

 instance occupying the centre, whilst hanging 

 plants, pouring over, as it were, through the 

 spaces between the candles, depend from the rim 

 of the vase. 



Disposition of the Flowers on the Balcony to 

 the East. 



On the eastern balcony, besides the plants be- 

 fore pointed out for the northern exposure, a 

 great variety of common plants which are not 



