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Of tliese^ let it be remembered that pansies and lobelia 
delight in shade, likewise auriculas, daisies, and forget-me- 
nots. Hepatica, bine and rose-tinged, lily-of-the-valley, 
digitalis, mimulus, large-flowered, hypericum, nemophila, 
were all originally forest belles, whose city admirers would 
no longer permit them to blush unseen ; but their shy, 
country ways still cling to them, and the shadier their 
situation, the better they will thrive, Violets and peri¬ 
winkle (trailing myrtle) also belong to this retiring sister¬ 
hood, and many others might be added to the list. 
Ferns can always be depended on for these damp, sun¬ 
less dooryards; and when “money is no object,” plants 
already in bloom can be transferred from the florist’s 
grounds to the companionship of the ivies and ferns, and 
discarded for fresh ones as soon as their beauty wanes, thus 
forcing brightness and bloom into the dullest of inclosures. 
Everything in the way of flowers is possible in a bal¬ 
cony looking to the east. Almost any blossoming vine may 
be used in place of ivy, and, with the aid of a hoop nailed 
to the top of the window-frame, it can be formed into 
a graceful arch. A basket, filled with trailing plants, 
suspended from the center of this arch, will add to the 
beauty of the general effect. Here flowers will bloom from 
the beginning of the season to the very end, and a western 
exposure is equally good. But when the front looks 
directly south, the balcony is converted into a natural hot¬ 
house, and needs shading. This may be accomplished by 
an awning, or a plank inside, which, with its edge touch¬ 
ing the floor and reaching as high as the tops of the tallest 
plants, will protect the roots from the summer heat. 
Where there is no balcony there may be window-boxes, 
and these are ornamental in their simplest forms. With 
delicate vines hanging, fringe-like, from their edges, and 
more substantial climbers wreathing the windows, a little 
bloom will go a great way. The plant boxes should be 
