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WINDOW GARDENING. 
Woodsia. 
Polystichum, or Shield Fern. 
Onoclea, or Sensitive. 
Dacallia Canariensis, or Hairs Foot Fern. 
If j-our fern case is large enough you may add one or two large plants, such as 
the Dracaena terminalis, or Woiilis; the DieffenbacJiia variegata, is very showy. 
The Pand((nus or Ananassa may be admitted, and if you have plenty of room, 
• here is noobjection to tlie Crotons with their handsomely variegated foliage, tlie 
Cissus discolor, with blood red 
leaves and half trailing habit, 
the vaiiegated leaved Begonias, 
also the Gesnerias, Caladium, 
Colocnsias, Ilarantas, Cacti, 
Saxifragas, Sedum. 
Avoid complication or crowd- 
If your case is of but mode- 
rate size, sa}' two feet in diam- 
eter, use only one or two large 
upright plants; but if smaller 
than this stick only to the fei-ns 
and mosses. 
Among other additional plants 
are : 
The (^Goodgera piibescens) Rat- 
tlesnake Plaintain ; leaves varie- 
gated, dark green, with white 
veins. 
The (^Erytlironiuni) Dogs' 
Tooth Violet, wliose leaves are 
giecn mottled with brown. 
For trailing j)urposes perhaps 
^f nothing is better than the Lysim- 
achia, or Moneywort, and the 
Coliseum Ivy. OrcJiids may be 
Fig. 52.-oiuameutai Feiu Case ami staud. added, if there is plenty of room, 
and nothing will give more satisfaction. 
Do not expose those ferns with variegated foliage to severe sunlight, as they 
will suffer injury. Neither should delicate ferns be watered on the leaves. Some 
whose leaves appear but mere powder or dust, such as the Golden or Silver Fern, 
will lose their beauty if thus treated, and perhaps may be killed outright. 
Exotic, or Green House Ferns. 
Should you have ill success with your native plants and be undecided what 
to do we think it best for you to fall back upon something more suitable, and 
