124 Plant-growing in Wardian Cases. 



with the lower sash of the window, and treated much 

 in the same way as the miniature greenhouse. There 

 are a great number of lovely plants not hardy enough 

 to grow in the miniature greenhouse which can be 

 grown to perfection in a Wardian case inside your 

 room, where they will have the benefit of the warmth 

 kept up for your own comfort ; and one of the great 

 points in favour of a glazed case is that your plants 

 enjoy a nice moist atmosphere in the arid temperature 

 of a room, and are completely protected from the 

 poisonous efiects of gas which would quickly destroy 

 them if not enclosed. 



A truly grand case of flowering and foliage plants 

 alone can be made up out of the following list. They 

 are all of easy management and require a soil to grow 

 in composed of nearly equal parts of peat earth, leaf 

 mould, and turfy loam, with a good proportion of silver 

 sand added: Allamanda grandiflora, A. Schotii, Achi- 

 menes of sorts, Gloxineas of sorts, Gesnerias of sorts, 

 Gesneria Oxoniensis, Hoya bella, Kalosanthus of sorts, 

 Caladiums of sorts, and Begonias of sorts. 



Of serviceable hardy Orchids we have Cypripedium 

 barbatum, C. insigne, C. venustum, Dendrobrium nobile, 

 Oncidium barbatum, O.fiexuosum, Trichopilia coccinea, 

 Lycaste Skinneri, 



And for climbers we have the lovely Kennedyas of 

 sorts, and Stephenotis floribunda and S. profusa, a 

 very free-blooming variety for pots. The Hoya bella 

 also makes a lovely climber. A very nice way to raise 

 Palms is to sow several stones of the dried dates of 

 shops in a pot inside your plant case. They soon 



