80 WINTER GREENERIES AT HOME. 



top by an arch of strong iron Avire, or by a wooden hoop 

 stretched open and firmly fastened. 



If the posts are set at the four corners, the connecting 

 arches of wire or wood may be crossed at the center, and 

 made to hold a small hanging-basket, while the whole 

 frame-work becomes a well-braced and beautiful support 

 for vines climbing from pots concealed at the bottom. If 

 the box is made a foot or two longer than the width of 

 the window, you will find the partially shaded ends use- 

 ful for plants needing shade or rest. In the further ar- 

 rangement, of the plants, consult first their needs, and 

 then your own tastes. Cover the bottom of the box with 

 half an inch or more of sand, set the smaller pots on 

 pieces of brick, fill all the vacant spaces with fresh moss 

 from the woods, and you will have at least a good foun- 

 dation for a winter window-garden. Figure 9 will serve 

 as a suggestion for a Garden-Box of this kind. 



But I must tell you here how two such boxes were used 

 one winter, long ago, by the friend just referred to. By 

 the way, do you read the American Agriculturist? 

 Well, the editor set the boxes in the windows of a room 

 seldom warmed or occupied a "regulation parlor," 

 wisely converted now to higher uses and there he filled 

 them with Evergreens, Dwarf Spruces, Ketinisporas, 

 Swedish Junipers, and the like. All winter long these 

 "friz and theiv," as he merrily says, "yet were always 

 green and cheerful, and in spring went out into the gar- 

 den. " So here is another hint for you, if any of your 

 homes have Arctic Zones. 



VARIOUS VASES. 



With the garden-box at one window, an agreeable va- 

 riety is obtained by having at another several small vases, 

 or a single large one. They are made of different mate- 

 rials, sizes, and patterns, many of which are both cheap 

 and elegant. If none of these are at hand, a good sub- 



