WINDOW GARDENING. 



427 



Fig. 588. 



cock, so placed, and of such a size, as 

 not to be seen from any part of the 

 room. This is intended for withdraw- 

 ing the water that may accumulate in 

 them, and so preventing its overflowing, 

 as it may not be con- 

 venient at all times 

 to remove the whole 

 of the plants out of 

 the table. The plants 

 are to be packed in 

 moss, kept perfectly 

 green and fresh on the 

 surface. Figs. 588 and 

 589 are more adapted 

 for cut flowers than for 

 plants in pots. They 

 are made water-tight 

 within, with the usual 

 provision for drawing it off every day, 

 that fresh water may be supplied. The 



top is covered with a portable fine brass- 

 wire grating, the meshes being about 

 half an inch square, to support the mornings 

 flowers, and to keep them in an upright 

 position. 



Fig. 590. 



or oak, according to fancy. The interior 

 of the box is lined with thin lead, zinc, or 

 copper, and provided with a waste-pipe. 

 The basketwork round the top, in this 

 case, should be brass, rolling rather out- 

 wards at top, and only from 4 to 6 inches 

 in depth, as the framework of the table is 

 presumed to be deep enough to hide the 

 pots : the whole of the basketwork should 

 appear above the surface of the moss. 

 This table may be used for cut flowers of 

 dahlias, pinks, or carnations, half of the 

 box being filled with moss, and filled up 

 with fine white sand, into which the 

 flowers are to be stuck nearly up to their 

 calyx. If tastefully arranged with regard 

 to the harmony of colours, such a table 

 will have a pretty effect, and the flowers 

 will last for several days, if not exposed 

 too much to the action of the air. All 

 stands with cut flowers should be 

 vided with. 



glass shades, g 'l 91 ' 

 to be put on 

 at night when 

 the company 

 retires, and 

 removed just 

 before break- 

 fast in the 

 morning, to 

 secure them 

 from dust, 

 which must 

 necessarily 

 arise in do- 

 ing up the 

 rooms in the 



pro- 



Fig. 590 is an example entirely com- 

 posed of mahogany, rosewood, satin-wood, 



and also to 

 protect them 

 from air. The 

 moss and 

 sand being 

 saturated 

 with water 

 w T hen they 

 are put in, the 

 flowers will 

 remain much 

 longer than 

 if placed in 

 water alone. 



The an- 

 nexed, fig. 591, exhibits a very elegant 

 flower-stand upon a principle different 

 from those already noticed. It was 



