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half way up, will be desirable. The bracket should turn on 

 a basal hinge or pivot, to admit of swinging it forward or 

 backward. These bracket plants usually suffer for moisture, 

 and are rather difficult to manage. 



Florists now usually grow plants suitable for Window- 

 Gardens and winter flowering, and any intelligent florist, if 

 asked, will take pleasure in making out a suitable collec- 

 tion. The plants should be ordered early in the fall; the 

 florist will then not be so crowded for time and can give the 

 matter better attention. 



Most of the plants suitable for the winter Window- Garden 

 belong to the groups which florists grow in their medium and 

 cool houses. The former are given a night temperature of 

 about 60, the latter about 50. In each case the temperature 

 is 10 to 15 higher for the daytime. Five degrees of varia- 

 tion below these temperatures will be allowable without any 

 injurious effects; even more may be borne, but not without 

 more or less check to the plants. In bright, sunny weather 

 the day temperature may be higher than in cloudy and 

 dark weather. 



PLANTS FOR AN AVERAGE NIGHT TEMPERATURE 

 OF 6CP 



Upright flowering plants. Abutilons, browallias, cal- 

 ceolaria "Lincoln Park," begonias, bouvardias, euphorbias, 

 scarlet sage, richardia or calla, heliotropes, fuchsias, 

 Chinese hibiscus, jasmines, single petunias, swainsona, 

 billbergia, freesias, geraniums, cupheas. 



Upright foliage plants. Muehlenbeckia, Cycas revoluta, 

 Draccena fragrans and others, palms, cannas, Farfugium 

 grande, achyranthes, ferns, araucaria, epiphyllums, pan- 

 danus or "screw pine," Pilea arborea, Ficus elastica, 

 Grevillea robusta. 



Climbing plants. Asparagus tenuissimus, A. plumosus. 

 Cobcea scandens, smilax, Japanese hop, Madeira vine (Bous- 



