26 WINTER GREENERIES AT HOME. 



rulata; then a flourishing Ficus clastica, or India-rub- 

 ber tree ; a line palm, Latania Borbonica, at the center ; 

 a Passiflora ccerulea, Myrtus communis, Euonymus, 

 Carnations, and other small plants "too numerous to 

 mention." No garden bed in summer ever looked more 

 fresh and inviting. 



The alcove arch, before mentioned, springs from the 

 front wall at a point midway between the windows num- 

 ber two and three, and has a span of seven or eight feet; 

 this is shown in figure 4. Under this arch, at the end 

 farthest from the windows, is a quartette stand, holding 

 at its center a globe-shaped Ivy, and at its ends two large- 

 leaved Ivies exactly alike and of luxuriant growth. These 

 pass up along the arch to its highest point, and thence in 

 long sweeping curves on each side to the windows, where 

 they will have further growth around wire forms. Within 

 the alcove, the wall opposite the window is well covered 

 with ivy vines, which encircle a copy of one of Baphael's 

 (( Cartoons," and grow from a pot on a black walnut 

 bracket near the floor. In the corner, on another bracket, 

 is a climbing fern, the Lygodium scandens; and midway 

 between this and the window, several very delicate vines 

 are suspended under an engraving, around which part of 

 them are trained. A view of the rear wall of the alcove is 

 given in figure 5. With vines thus covering the walls, 

 and hanging in festoons overhead, this alcove is itself a 

 very -complete "greenery" and bower. 



Probably you notice the absence of several things which 

 you would like a bird-cage, for instance, or a small 

 aquarium containing water-plants and gold-fish. How 

 easily they might be added, and worthily too! 



One piece of additional furniture I have promised my- 

 self in the near future, namely, a " Wardian Case," some- 

 times called a "Fernery." This is especially desirable 

 for plants which require a moister atmosphere than would 

 be good for books, or pleasant in a living-room. As a 



