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Traveller’s Joy, and Passion flower ; also convolvulus, 
Cobtea scandens , and gourds of all kinds for the 
summer. 
Spring flowers planted in autumn succeed, and even 
those in pots or boxes in windows or on roof gardens 
flower freely. Hyacinths, crocus, tulips, daffodils, and 
narcissus do well; snowdrops are not so successful as a 
rule, but Spanish Iris will make a good show when the 
earlier bulbs are over. The minute green-house which 
often opens out of a staircase window in London houses 
can easily be made gay in spring by this means. Acorns 
and chestnuts sown in the autumn in shallow pans and 
covered with moss make a delightful small forest from 
May onwards. Foxgloves dug out of the woods will 
flower well in these dingy little green-houses, and are a 
delightful contrast to the ferns which will flourish best 
in them. A few other plants are sturdy for this purpose, 
such as the fan palms, Chamarops excelsa , Fortunei , and 
humilis , Aspidistra, Aralia Sieholdii , Selaginella Kraussina, 
the Cornish money-wort (Sibthorpia). Geraniums will 
flower well, and Imantophyllums (or Clivias) are one of 
the most accommodating plants for such small green¬ 
houses, as although they take up an undue share of 
room on account of the large pots necessary, they will 
flower well every year. 
Roses only do fairly well; but though they some¬ 
times will last two or three years, they are apt to give 
disappointments and must often be renewed. The 
climbing roses, however, in some gardens are very 
charming. In one of the prettiest in London—that 
belonging to Sir Laurence Alma-Tadema, in Grove End 
Road—the illustration shows how charmingly an iron 
trellis is covered with red and white roses. The garden 
