WINDOW GAEDENING 
net ever illustrated. The in- 
terior is filled principally with 
plants of stateljf giowtli, Coleus, 
Calla Lily, Canna, ^laranta, 
Di'acDena, Dieflenbacliia, &c. 
There are other designs of still 
more simple nature, which may 
be found in succeeding pages of 
this book. Whidow boxes are 
by far the simplest and most 
popular, but are adapted mostly 
to the indoor culture of bulbs 
We have noticed frequently the 
late introduction of tile boxes, 
filling the entire width of the 
window, and placed just inside 
the panes of glass, filled with 
nothing but young plants of the 
Arbor Vitae. Their delicate, 
feathery green foliage contrasts 
well with the white curtains 
just behind, and the whole form 
one of the easiest, yet most 
unique styles of window garden- 
ing. 
Fig. 13. 
The Location of the Windoio Garden 
A good location or exposure is desirable. There are plants which love the shade. 
Pansies, Sweet Violets, and some of the variegated plants, will grow and bloom if 
not placed directly in the sun's ray ; but Roses, Geraniums, Heliotropes, Verbe- 
nas, Daphnes, Azaleas, &c., must be near the glass, and under the direct influence 
of the light, if we would have them flourish. An exposure where the sun can 
strike unobstructed from its first appearance above the horizon in the morning, 
until one or two o'clock, p. m., is much the most desirable. A southern or south- 
eastern window is the best, next is an eastern exposure, then a western one, 
and the north worst of all. At a northern one, little but Pansies and Sweet 
Violets will grow, though Camellias delight in a cool, moist atmosphere, and 
will often flourish at such a window with but little sunshine. The plants must 
have all the sunshine you can bestow upon them, but at night they should be 
kept in the dar':; and as all plants in summer are cooler at night than in the 
day time, those that are grown in windows should also be cooler. This point is 
perhaps not as well understood as it should be, for there are persons so fearful 
