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PLANTS FOR WINDOW GARDENING. 



shoot being crowned with a bud or flower. The foliage is 

 generally smooth, glossy, and fine cut, clothing every little 

 twig, and of a lively, fresh appearance. 



It will survive almost any treatment, and will live if but 

 a ray of sunlight can reach it. It is the poor man's friend, 

 and clings to him in every vicissitude ; yet, while possess- 

 ing adaptability to circumstances in a remarkable degree, 

 no plant will better repay care and attention. Cleanliness, 

 washing, and syringing are essential to good health ; give 

 plenty of light, and it will repay you by abundance of 

 bloom. Though as its common names (daily or monthly 

 rose) imply, it will not bloom every day, yet there will sel- 

 dom be a day when it will not have a flower or a bud 

 upon it. It will ask you, too, for an occasional smoking ; 

 for the green fly is very fond of the delicate juices of its 

 young shoots, and this indeed of all roses. 



Do not give it too large a pot. Roses will do well in 

 smaller pots, in proportion to their size, than almost any 

 other plant. 



Soil. 



Yet the soil must be rich and well mixed. It should 

 consist of four parts of the richest black loam, or leaf 

 mould, two parts of well-rotted manure, with a slight ad- 



