PLANTS FOR WINDOW GARDENING. 



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POLYPODIUM. 



Those who cannot obtain exotic ferns may cultivate suc- 

 cessfully our pretty, wild polypodium (P. vulgar •e). It is 

 an evergreen species, very common on shaded, rocky 

 places, and grows well in the parlor. 



CHRYSANTHEMUMS. 



All these plants are valuable for window culture, and 

 bloom in autumn or early winter. 



They should be rooted from cuttings in the spring, 

 and grown in rich soil in the garden, being frequently 

 pinched to keep them in shape, until about the first of 

 September. They will then be setting bloom, and should 

 be carefully potted, shaded until well established, and kept 

 cool until wanted for bloom. The flowers remain long in 

 perfection, but the plants are generally out of bloom by 

 the new year. The Pompon varieties are the best and 

 most attractive, although by no means as showy as the 

 large-flowered. 



The recently introduced Japanese chrysanthemums are 

 valuable as prolonging the season of flowers far into the 



