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A PRETTY WINDOW GARDEN. 
Tlie beautiful sketch on this page, of a Window 
Garden, or rather a miniature Greenhouse, is taken 
from a sketch made by Briggs Bros., of llochester, of 
a little glass structure attached to the sitting-room of 
the Rev. Mr. Thorborne, Spencerport, N. Y. All the 
heat needed to warm it is obtained from the sitting- 
room by leaving the door open between the two places, 
almost all the conveniences seen for holding the plants 
are very cheap. The wooden stands can be made by 
any carpenter, the wire stands are 
not costly and can be obtained 
from any city florist (the price 
ranges from five to ten dollars,) 
the wire hanging baskets are not 
expensive, and anybody can gather 
the moss necessary to fill the pots 
or pans. All the plants seen in 
this engraving are put in pots. 
We think they do very much 
better if a long pan was construct¬ 
ed for each stand, and in this with 
plenty of earth, the plants were 
placed, they are far more healthy 
and vigorous because of greater " 
freed mi and room for the roots, 
and still need less water. Pots are 
great evaporators of moisture. In 
selecting plants for such a little 
in-door garden the advice given 
by Briggs Bros., is very suitable. 
Those known as leaf or foliage 
plants should occupy their share of 
the space, as they always look 
well. The Dracaena, with its 
highly colored leaves, several varie¬ 
ties of the flowering and leaf Be¬ 
gonias, the variegated Agapanthus, 
Camelias, Azaleas, Tree Ivies, 
Ferns,Aucubas,Euonymus, Orange 
and Lemon trees are all suitable 
for this purpose, and will succeed 
nicely. A few double Chinese 
Primroses, Bouvardias, Carnations, 
Geraniums — both flowering and 
sweet scented — Hyacinths, Tulips, 
Crocus, Snowdrops, etc., will all 
be desirable, and will contribute, 
by their presence, to a full, satis¬ 
factory and pleasing appearance. 
Climbers may consist of Tropaeo- 
lum, Maurandya, Madeira Vine, 
Smilax, and the Climbing or En¬ 
glish Ivy. A hanging basket or two, well filled with 
drooping plants, will be effective and will add a fin¬ 
ished and fine appearance to the whole, All the 
plants should be looked over carefully every day, to 
see they do not suffer from the want of water, to pre¬ 
vent their leaves turning yellow, and to insure a 
healthy growth. 
Artemisia argentea. — I enclose a leaf of a plant 
which I have, but do not know its name, and have 
never seen but the one plant from which I got mine. 
It is a beautiful willowy plant; it has never bloomed; 
looks like a miniature tree ; seems difficult to propa¬ 
gate. Can you tell me what it is ? 
Answer .—Artemisia argentea. 
If these are too many in a home where work must 
lead and pleasure follow, two or three varieties in a 
single basket, or a little hanging garden will become 
a thing of beauty, and give more pleasure than many 
a costly thing might do. 
Any of these vines are exceedingly desirable for the 
lawn, for trellises or over rock work, or in rustic vases 
or lawn baskets. These may be made of branches of 
trees interwoven with grape vines, bound with moss, 
then filled with earth, and are exceedingly appropriate 
for a country garden where all these materials are just 
at hand. In these may be grown several varieties. The 
Dracaana is very showy in the centre of large vases or 
lawn baskets. Around this set Verbenas with here and 
there a bright Pansy, and about tire 
edge set trailing plants. If you wish 
vines for baskets w T ith handles,Mau- 
raudyais excellent. One such basket 
will do more for its possessor if well 
cared for, than a whole garden of 
neglected flowers, and these are as 
easily grown as the common kind. 
A very attractive basket may 
also be made of wire, lined with 
moss, filled with Ferns, wild Plan¬ 
tain and Lycopodium from the 
forest. These will grow all sum¬ 
mer with a very little care, in any 
shady corner of your rooms, and 
send up long, graceful, drooping 
fronds much larger than those first 
planted. In such a basket place a 
bunch of Pansies or Forget-me- 
nots, and you have one of the love¬ 
liest ornaments imaginable .—From 
an Address by Mrs. 1). Huntley. 
CALDA LILIES IN CALI¬ 
FORNIA. 
The Calla Lily, which is cultivat¬ 
ed with such care and pains “ in 
the States,” and is so highly prized 
on account of its pure white flow¬ 
ers, is one of the wonders of Cali¬ 
fornia yards and gardens. It is 
common to see from twenty to 
thirty immense flowers on a single 
plant. Such masses of flowers, 
each as large as a common cream 
pitcher, are continually Avonder- 
ed at and admired. A story is 
told of a lady down East who 
started to visit her daughter, who 
had moved to California. She 
wanted to bring her something 
from home so she potted a little, 
sickly Calla and brought it all the 
long three thousand miles Avith as much care and 
trouble as if it had been a child. When she reached 
her daughter’s home, there stood in her yard scores of 
such Callas as she never saAv before, or even imagined. 
They seemed, compared with hers in the pot, like 
white-robed angels beside some poor struggling saint 
on earth. She sat doAvn with a sigh, the vrorthless 
thing she had brought so far, and said : “Well, next 
time I take so much trouble to take anything to any¬ 
body, I will try to find out beforehand whether it is 
what they want or what they haven’t got already.” 
Name.—I desire the name of a plant in mypossession, 
the leaf and flower of which I send you. M. E. C. 
Answer .—Solanum Mexicana. 
BASKET PLANTS. 
But of all the pleasing ways for growing plants the 
hanging basket is most attractive. There is some¬ 
thing about their graceful beauty that wins the love 
of all. Elaborate baskets may be purchased, or 
simple ones may be made . at home that Avill be quite 
as pleasing. Some of the most beautiful ones we have 
ever seen were knots of wood from decayed forest 
trees. Many of these are of curious shape, much like 
ocean shells. With varnish applied, and slender 
chains or bright cords attached, they are ready for 
use. Others may be constructed of gtape vines or 
branches of fruit and forest trees. In this way not 
only the flowers, but the receptacles in which they 
A Pretty Window Garden. 
grow will become the admiration of all your city 
friends. 
For basket plants the graceful Smilax is first of the 
list. Its dainty glossy leaves will add a charm to 
everything it touches. Next, the English Ivy has the 
richest foliage, and if you can wait for its tardy growth 
you will have an elegant vine, hut we like the Ger¬ 
man Ivy best. It will do such wonderful things in 
the way of adorning windows and pictures, and do 
them so quickly. The Kenilworth Ivy is the best 
trailing plant we have ever grown, and unsurpassed 
for a centre basket. MoneyAvort is also a good trailer, 
but is prettiest among other plants. All these are of 
easy culture, and if given much water, morning and 
evening, will delight you Avith their constant growth. 
