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PLANTS FOR WINDOW GARDENING. 



rather bud the seedling when about a year old. This 

 operation is simple, but is best performed in a green-house, 

 and it is therefore better to employ some neighboring florist 

 to do it. Any variety may be budded on a common seed- 

 ling stock. 



Oranges and lemons will live under neglect, but to grow 

 and flower them to perfection, attention to details, espe- 

 cially of cleanliness, is indispensable. 



THE DAPHNE. 



This plant, of which the species are numerous, never 

 receives the care and attention its beauty merits. Every 

 green-house contains plants of the well-known Daphne 

 odorata, sometimes called D. Indica and vulgarly known 

 as " Daphne odora." It is to thia plant we intend more 

 particularly to confine our attention. 



It is a green-house evergreen shrub, attaining the height 

 of about four feet, remarkable for its long, dark, glossy, 

 green leaves, and its terminal bunches of fragrant, white 

 flowers. It is one of the few old-fashioned plants which 

 the modern rage for novelties has not driven entirely out of 

 cultivation. It has only been thrust into the corners, and 

 left to make its merits known by its beauty and fragrance. 



