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too much. I think you would do well to follow, 

 in arranging the plants in the double window, the 

 advice I gave with regard to those in the garden 

 at the window. 



Plants proper to be placed here. 

 Place on the shelves of the glass stands at the 

 two ends of the window-sill plants of a low and 

 tufted nature: first, on the upper shelves, such 

 as, without being precisely climbing or running 

 plants, are taller than they are broad. There is 

 nothing of this sort more graceful than the shrubs 

 of the genus Grevillea. On the front or lower 

 shelves place small plants which bear many flow- 

 ers, such as the Kennedias and the blue lobelias 

 of Surinam. Arranged in this manner, they will 

 not be in your way when you wish to stand close 

 to the outer sash to look out at the wintry scene, 

 as a contrast to your tropical garden within. 

 Your double window is an excellent place also 

 for making a display of the plants you have ob- 

 tained from seeds and slips reared in the hot 

 portable greenhouse. Your choice is not a lim- 

 ited one by any means. In the course of my 



