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the window where his garden is to be estab- 

 lished. The sunny selection is, of course, the 

 best; here the flowering plants will prosper 

 and bloom. Unfortunately, however, windows 

 available for the purpose do not always face 

 the south and occasionally neighboring build- 

 ings cast a deep shadow over the only exposure 

 the gardener can command. He must select 

 plants, therefore, which will thrive in half shade 

 or whole shade. 



In such situations, provided there be good 

 light if no direct sunshine, abutilons will do 

 well and healthy plants of these are scarcely 

 ever without bloom. Begonias also thrive and, 

 in their various forms, present so many at- 

 tractions that a garden composed of these alone 

 would be worth while. Two good varieties are 

 the Bismarck and ricinifolia. Primulas do 

 best in a partly shaded window and a dozen 

 pots of the obconica hybrids would make a 

 most interesting display. Fuchsias, swainsonia, 

 ferns, j)alms and, in fact, nearlj^ all foliage 

 plants with the exception of the highly colored 

 varieties do well in semi-shaded or sunless win- 

 dows. 



Of the foliage division, no more graceful 

 plants are to be found than the palms. They 



