Barr and Sugdcn, 1871.] 
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WINDOW GARDENS. 
The progress of Horticulture as exhibited in Window Gardening is verv nleacino- t,,™ . 
town or in country, there is a healthy rivalry in the maintaining of a floral d^avat fhe nldonr dinl/ ’ ln 
drawing-room window, and this is not surprising as there is in the tend;™ * P, ? ur ' d>ning-room, or 
fiuence which no other pursuit seems capable of imparting to the mind Rut HnrtW u soft . emn Z a " d refining m- 
whose length and breadth is the universe. Every count"? of the wirki U ou rs ^n ™ lu ? “"tl ° f objects 
their lives in their hands scale the most dizzy heights to secure m ani ? ual| y ‘ ts offering. Men with 
traverse the virgin forest with only the trail of S native savage for 
malarious districts of Africa, and their lives in the wilds of Nortlf America an^ for what > S VotT hea a h m ?, he 
flowers that Sihherto ^ ^ ^ arden ‘ "' indS in C ° UeCti ^ a " d ringing from their obs°e^?hlseIov^ 
. . .... " born to bloom unseen 
And waste their sweetness in the desert air.” 
These Window Gardens embrace so wide a range of subject that an ordinary bay window such as is reoresented 
m our woodcuts can be made to accommodate 200 or more species Each in its ic o cniimo f • , . , 
developes its own peculiar beauty; so that a window arranged as our illustration represents 
sure throughout the entire year. There is the Autumn tinkthe Winter greentLS 
whereon— °' VerS ° f Summer - Tllus ' ln thls horticultural microcosm is exhibited the "great dial of the year/ : 
“The seasons pass and strike the quarters.” 
The illustration of our new Windovv Garden represents Alpine plants, such as the Achillea Aiuea Alvssnm 
Antennarla ' Arabls ; Arenana, Armena, Artemisia, Arum, Aster, Aubrietia, Bellium ’ Calystegia 1 Cam- 
panulas, Ceiastium, Cheiranthus, Dianthus, Draba, Ermus, Gypsophila, Hepatica, Iberis Iris Linfria I vsi 
Statiep ' Th^?Vf dSj 0 £L ntia ' °™ lls ' ^arf. Phlox, Saponaria, Saxifraga, Sedum P Sempervivum, BthtSS ' 
,’,,iTi, ha * / ’ r n ym o’ Ver ° aica - v ‘nca, etc. While to these can be added of bulbous plants Sternbereia 
lutea, with its large yellow Crocus-like flowers; Zephyranthes Candida, with its silvery white blossoms and for 
spring blooming the intense blue Scilla Sibirica, the Spring Snowflake, the Snowdrop thTcrocus the mixture 
Hyacinth, the Narcissus Bu bocodium and Nanus, the Bulbocodium vernum, the dwarf early single Tulins and 
many other bulbous plants will contribute their charms. Here within a limited space is rgardenwi h ?epr«entaflvet 
thorn every temperate clime. 'I he invalid who can only be moved in a chair can teHd this garden P while thnS 
who are much confined in-doors have only to turn their eyes to the window to enjoy the refreshing influence of 
Hteir Window Garden. To children it is a rare treat. The aspect is homely, th e J suWects are ch?s f manv of 
them peculiar in form, and in diversity matchless ; so that to all, whether young, middliaged or old thSe Con- 
gregations of plants have a charm which is known only to those who have made such collecfion’s In their culture 
there is an absence of all difficulty, the great bugbear to the uninitiated, the question of soils of situations ■ of 
Jtspects, and the thousand and one things to be attended to, which arc a stumbling-block’ to some and an 
\i;!r°r hC i IS ' for , not bein s surrounded with the most humanizingand elevating of ail material pleasures The 
Windovv Gardens, planted as they appear in our illustrations, simply require to be kept free from' weeds and 
p“easureis the Interesh Th “ d °" e ‘ hCrC ' S "° lm “ ‘° ‘ he ' r dl,ration ' The cost is the investment, the daily 
No. 1 WINDOW GARDEN. 
it ™ construct . ion is of the simplest possible character, so that any one can make such a structure or have' 
is alwo of wnnd r ?h" ary car P ente .^ We use yellow deal the width we wish the Window Garden to be. At the back 
strip of wood three inches in height, which can be higher or lower according to taste, and scalloped or plain The 
