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and, near the sides, large hanging baskets, or basins, of 

 terra-cotta, filled with vines, which grow upward and 

 downward in dense masses. One of these vines is a F-icus 

 repens, exceedingly beautiful and flourishing. At the 

 center of the window, between the two hanging baskets, 

 but farther out in the room, is a large wooden vase about 

 thirty inches high, and fitted with casters. This holds 

 a small pot of variegated Ivy, which droops over toward 

 the window and covers the vase, and also a large pot of 

 the dark green small-leaved variety Hedera gracilis. 

 From this large pot a light frame-work of wire is carried 

 up about four feet, somewhat in the shape of a balloon, 

 or the longitudinal section of a balloon, with the convex 

 side toward the window. On this the vine is trained so 

 as to form a close mass of foliage, the most beautiful of 

 window-screens. On the floor, close to the window, are 

 two terra-cotta vases, sixteen inches high, containing tall 

 Callas, nearly ready to bloom ; and between them is 

 another having an Ardisia crenulata. 



Window number three (shown in engraving No. 3) 

 looks out to the sky from the alcove. The whole side of 

 it next to the wall, as will be seen by the sketch, is cov- 

 ered with vines climbing or trailing from pots fixed on 

 swinging and stationary brackets. At the center are two 

 hanging baskets, one directly below the other and at- 

 tached to it. The upper one contains the delicate Lina- 

 ria Cymbalaria, and the lower one the broad-leaved Be- 

 gonia manicata. Further to the left is another hanging 

 pot, filled with Hoya carnosa, or Wax-plant. At the 

 bottom of the window is a low, narrow bench, or table, 

 fitted with casters, and made to support a garden bed. 

 This is a box four or five feet long, twenty inches wide, 

 and six inches deep, with an inch of sand on the bottom, 

 and the top just even with the window-sill. It is filled 

 with plants in pots ; several exotic ferns at the shady 

 end, such as the Dicksonia antarctica and Pteris ser- 



