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282 Window Flowers. The foregoing table of plants, suitable 
for window culture, contains some which are peculiarly eligible 
for cultivation in masses in the open garden, or for producing 
gaiety in the borders during the summer or autumn months. 
The following may be particularly noticed as adapted to this 
purpose. The Chrysanthemum, Calceolaria, Fuchsia, Pelar- 
gonium, Hemimeris, Heliotrope, Lotus, Miinulus, Mignionette, 
Petunia, Rose, Salvia, and Verbena. The Chrysanthemum, 
being preserved from severe frosts, after blossoming, may be 
planted in a warm border or against a wall or trellis, in 3Iarch. 
Cuttings taken from the old stocks, in April and May, will 
make blooming plants for the following autumn, either in pots 
or the borders. The others, with the exception of Mimulus, 
Mignionette, and Rose, may be propagated by cuttings or 
suckers, soon after midsummer, and preserved, by placing 
several of the young rooted plants together in middle-sized pots, 
and merely keeping them from frost, until the following March 
or April. Mimulus, for the most part, is a hardy family, and is 
propagated by dividing the roots, Mignionette, for flowering 
in pots in March, as a window plant, should be sowm in the 
middle of September ; kept rather dry, safe from frost, and w ell 
exposed to light and air. Roses are so various in their habits 
that it is difficult to convey really useful information in a few 
words. It is desirable, however, to propagate annually, in 
July, as many at least as may be required for window culture. 
Choose half-ripened shoots, of an early growth, possessing 
healthy leaves ; and these may be struck after the manner of 
Pinks, or plants may be propagated by layers. They will 
be rooted by the end of August, and may be kept, several in 
a pot, out of the reach of severe frosts, until the following 
February, when such as may be wanted for the window should 
be potted singly; those remaining will do for the garden. The 
following are peculiarly house plants, viz. : — Achimenes, Aza- 
lea Indica, Acacia, Camellia, Cactus, Coronilla, Corro?a, Cyti- 
sus, Chorozema, Epacris, Gesnera, Primula Sinensis, Polygala, 
and Veronica speciosa. Erythrina, although partial to heat, 
has been known to thrive for years in the front of a hothouse, 
well protected during winter. Hydrangea succeeds well under 
similar circumstances. Lobelia fulgeus, and similar species, 
endure much cold; but such as bicolor require protection. 
