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PLANTS FOR WINDOW GARDENING. 



Description. — Potting. — Culture. — Pruning. — Varieties. The Heath : 

 History. — Soil. — Drainage. — Watering. — Hard and Soft Wooded. 

 — Temperature. — Summer Culture. — Re-potting. — Insects. — Rooting 

 Plants. — Varieties. The Cyclamen : Potting. — Soil. — Growth. — 

 Seedlings. — Varieties. 



dusty air of our rooms. The Wardian case is their proper 

 place. Remember it is better to grow one plant well than 

 two badly. Because you have roses, geraniums, and 

 daphnes, which do well, it is no reason you should also 

 grow verbenas, fuchsias, and azaleas ; your space is suffi- 

 cient for the first three only ; then be content, and do not 

 crowd your plants. 



Now let us first give in detail, with then* treatment, a 

 list of plants suitable for window gardening ; then select 

 those for peculiar exposures. 



only green-house plants, avoiding any 

 usually catalogued by nurserymen as stove 

 plants. Discard ferns and lycopodia. With 

 but few exceptions, these perish in the hot, dry, 



N the selection of our plants, we must be 

 much influenced by the extent and loca- 

 tion of our accommodations. Some 

 plants thrive with less heat and light 

 than others. As a general rule, choose 



