100 WINDOW GARDENING. 
die down, and are immediately succeeded by a new growth from the root, and 
thus, if encouraged by good culture, a specimen will become larger and larger 
every year, and may ultimately be grown to colossal dimensions. It is one of 
the easiest plants to grow, and its habit is remarkably distinct and elegant." 
Fig. 11 is a plant of the Variegated Ivy. This is both cheap, clean, needs 
little attention, grows rapidly, and is the most permanently attractive of all 
plants for the window. Were there no other plant than this in the window it 
might still be considered well furnished. 
Kig. 10.— Sedum Sieboldii. 
Fig. 12 is a sketch of tlie Saxifraga Forhmei Iricolor. 
Fig. 13 is a sketch of a bracket, with a wooden bowl, holding a plant of the 
Sedum Sieboldii trailing from it. This can be easily attached to the sides of the 
room, fastened to the centre of the window frame. It is very suitable for the Ivy 
either to trail from, or it may be placed at the bottom of the window, and the 
vine trained upward along the window casing. 
Home-Made Hanging Baskets. 
Nearly every one appreciates best some basket made by their own handrf 
