PLANTS FOR WINDOW GARDENING. 



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branches), and pretty, nodding, fragrant, greenish- white 

 flowers, which are succeeded by bright-red berries. 



This plant is easily grown in the parlor, and, twining 

 round the window, makes the prettiest frames imaginable. 

 The root is a bunch of tubers united at the top, from 

 which crown the shoots proceed. Plants may be obtained 

 of any florist in November, and need only a warm, sunny 

 exposure to produce an abundance of foliage. The shoots 

 should be trained on strings, which may be crossed into 

 any required form. The soil should be sandy peat and 

 loam, with good drainage ; the pots should be large enough 

 to allow full development of the roots ; and, during 

 growth, plenty of water should be given. 



About the first of May the plants will go to rest ; water 

 should then be gradually withheld, and, when the leaves 

 turn yellow, the plant should be wholly dried off, and 

 remain so all summer, the earth being only just damp 

 enough to prevent the roots from shrivelling up. In 

 October give water, and re-pot the plant. Propagation 

 is effected by division of the root, or from seed, which 

 vegetates freely. The atmosphere of a room in which 

 smilax is grown ^should be kept rather moist by evapora- 

 tion of water on the stove or over the furnace, as, in a 



