PLANTS FOR WINDOW GARDENING. 135 



CALLA LILY. 



This plant can be very prettily grown in a window, in 

 hollow tables. 



These should be made as long as the window, and about 

 two feet wide. fl?he bulb tables now in general use do very 

 well if made a little deeper, for the Calla requires plenty of 

 root-room. 



A zinc pan is set into the table ; in this the pots are 

 placed, and all interstices are filled with moss ; a covering 

 of green moss is then placed over all, and we have the lilies 

 springing from a bed of moss. Water very freely, even to 

 filling the pan half full, and give all the light and sun pos- 

 sible, occasionally turning the table, as the plants grow to 

 the window. The amount of bloom to be obtained from a 

 dozen good sized Callas treated in this way is surprising ; 

 from November to May there will seldom be less than an 

 average of one flower to a plant. 



In May, take the plants out of the pots and plant them in 

 rich, deep soil out of doors ; the foliage will die down and 

 the root go to rest. About August it will begin to grow 

 again, and the plants will be ready for potting by the middle 

 >f September. 



