154 The Floral Decoration of 



CHAPTER XXI. 



THE FLOBAl DECOEATTON 'OV ROOMS, HALLS, AND 

 PASSAGES, 



K>A>J|||N the floral decoration of our dwellings a great 

 S 1^ many ingenious contrivances have heen 

 ■*^'J brought into repute. In this chapter I 

 intend to notice a few of them and describe their 

 arrangement and practical usefulness. 



The chief of all decorative inventions is the glazed 

 plant case, or Wardian case, fully noticed in a former 

 chapter. The case in various styles we have in our 

 rooms, on our staircase landings, in our halls and 

 passages, full of tender exotic Ferns, hardy Ferns, and 

 flowering and fine foliage plants. The inventions next 

 in importance are the Hanging Baskets, and wall 

 Brackets, Earthenware and China vases, cut flower 

 glasses and screens. They are all used for hanging 

 from the windows, on the walls, standing on stair- 

 landings, in passages and vestibules. 



Hanging Baskets are very suitable for the cultivation 

 of many plants having slender drooping habits of 

 growth, such as the Convohulus Mauritaneus, C. 

 Tricolor, common Ivy, Linaria or Toad-flax, Creeping 

 Jenny, Ivy-leaved geraniums, Lobelias, Saxifrages, 



