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We mention the plants particularly, 
as perhaps some one may be disposed to 
copy the designs literally. We know of 
no form of AVindow Gardening so ex- 
quisite as this. A climbing vine may be 
twined around the outside of the win- 
dow casement. The water in the aqua- 
rium must be contained in a vessel with 
glass sides, so that all portions may be 
discernible to the eye. 
Fig. 45 is another of the designs for 
Window Gardens, similar to those des- 
cribed in our second chapter. Now it 
is peculiarly suitable to hardy ferns, 
and such native plants as the Partridge 
vine. Mosses, Lycopodiums, etc. 
Fig. 46 is known as the Pickard Plant 
Case; but we do not discover any special 
feature diffeient from those constructed 
by Miss Maling. It contains the same 
metal box for the soil ; but instead of 
having the glass sides and top stationary, 
all are movable, and easily put up or Fig. 7o.-\vardiau case. 
taken down. The glass sides all come in sheets, which fit each into a light frame 
of their own ; yet any one of these may be removed fiom the other without dis- 
turbing iiie rest. The front can be taken out in an instant by lifting, or fixed 
back again in its place by a couple of hooks and eyes ; in short each side has a 
frame of its own, and when all are shut 
up together they are held firmly by 
hooks and eyes at top and ends. The 
interior of this case is filled with Cala- 
diums, Begonias, and other plants of 
colored foliage, as well as ferns. It is 
intended specially for a case of soft 
wooded plants, such as are usually 
grown in the pots of the greenhouse. 
A very pretty fern case is that of 
Fig. 47, also in the possession of Shirley 
Hibberd. The base is a stone vase, with 
hollow interior; the fi.ot is a frame of 
wood ; inside the vase is a zinc pan, 
wherein the ferns are placed, and the 
frame of glass fits over the pan ; a couple 
of doors furnish access to the interior Fig. 7i.-Wardiau Case. 
