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ladies' flower gardener. 



the development of these plants in this confined situation. He 

 placed the bottle outside the window of his study, where the 

 plants continued for several years to exhibit a healthy vegetation, 

 suggesting at the same time further experiments, which have led 

 to a most extraordinary result, when we consider, that by this 

 simple application of the laws of nature as regards atmosphere, 

 the most forbidding local circumstances may be overcome, and 

 that any person, whether inhabiting the most humble or the most 

 splendid dwelling, provided it be freely exposed for a few hours 

 every day to the sun's light, has it in his power to rear and cul- 

 tivate a miscellaneous collection of plants, to enjoy the beauty of 

 their appearance, and to watch their progress through all the 

 stages of their growth, at an expense so insignificant as to be 

 within the means of every man even in very moderate circum- 

 stances. 



To do this he must provide an apparatus consisting of a box, 

 a stand, and a glass roof, of a size according to his desires and 

 means. We shall suppose one is wanted of a small size to stand 

 in a window in an apartment of limited dimensions. The stand, 



we will suppose, is one foot ten inches in height, the box which 

 is to contain the mould eight inches and a half, and the glass 

 frame one foot seven inches and a half ; — in all four feet two in- 



