2. 4 Dwelling- houses. 



are many other places in the dwelling-house, such as 

 lobbies, &c., which may be turned to good account 

 for like purposes. 



I have seen in the centre or other part of a room a 

 group of plants in pots, plunged in moss or sphag- 

 num, and surrounded with basket-work, with very 

 pleasing effect. Sods of living sedums or saxifrages, 

 or sempervirens, &c., may well be substituted for 

 moss, and without the same risk of turning brown. 



Extending our work to window-balconies, we may 

 find a much larger variety of suitable climbing and 

 other ornamental plants than we are wont to see in 

 such places. Here boxes may be used, with bottoms 

 of tile, slate, or other durable material, and various 

 pretty edgings are made with rustic and other mould- 

 ing. Sometimes trellis of wire or wood, arching over 

 a window, looks well, and the centre-piece may be 

 movable. Boxes should be deep enough to hold six 

 to nine or more inches of soil, and lead, slate, or zinc, 

 may be used for lining. In this branch of gardening, 

 provision for liberal watering is requisite cistern, 

 hose, syringe, &c., having each its own function. At 

 times, many plants enjoy frequent dew- like sprink- 

 ling, but caution is necessary how this is done in 

 bright sunshine, and escape for surplus water should 

 be provided. 



Here various climbers and other plants may be 

 grown, some evergreen, some deciduous but peren- 

 nial, and annuals ; and of all, many stand out in 

 places very near to others where they would quickly 



