CHAPTER II. 
ENCLOSED WINDOW GARDENS. 
Mild-breathing Zephyr, father of the spring, 
Who in the verdant meads doth reign sole king, 
Who, sheltered here, shrunk from the wintry day, 
And careless sleep the stormy hours away, 
Hath roused himself, and shook his feathers, wet 
With purple-swelling odours, and hath let 
The sweet and fruitful dew fall on this ground, 
To force out all the flowers that might be found. 
Ben Jonson. 
r O adapt the fern-case and the aquarium 
to the window is by no means a 
difficult matter, and may oftentimes be 
most desirable ; for though windows are 
useful usually to permit of a view and 
afford ingress 'for light and air, occasions 
occur in which light and air may be partly 
spared, and the view must be blotted out 
by something better. As speech may 
be employed to conceal as well as to 
publish thoughts, so windows may be 
sometimes increased in value when 
occupied with objects that render them 
useless for their ordinary purposes. 
Where a house stands amidst its own grounds, there may not be much need 
