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little trouble, and transferred at the proper growth to boxes 
of earth, when they were placed in other windows. The 
suggestion is offered for ornamental window boxes, ar¬ 
ranged to hold water in the bottom and kept warm by con¬ 
cealed lamps. 
An ordinary window may be turned into a greenhouse 
or a fernery with great success, and be made an ornamental 
addition to the outside of the house -as well. Only strong, 
Bay-Window with Plants and Vines. 
well-grown plants of moderate size should be used, and, if 
filled with foliage plants alone, the result will be as gay and 
striking as that of a mass of flowers. Such a lovely group 
of ferns as the pteris argyrea , with long, white striped 
leaves, peperomias , the golden-green peristrophe aurea , 
maidenhair, sword fern, and the smaller varieties with a 
light, spreading vine, like maurandia Bar day ana, would 
make such a window greenhouse beautiful exceedingly. 
