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ladies’ flower gardener. 
ttie development of these plants in this confined situation. He 
placed the bottle outside the window of his study, where the 
plants continued for several years to exhibit a healthy vegetation, 
suggesting at the same time further experiments, which have led 
to a most extraordinary result, when we consider, that by this 
simple application of the laws of nature as regards atmosphere, 
the most forbidding local circumstances may be overcome, and 
that any person, whether inhabiting the most humble or the most 
splendid dwelling, provided it be freely exposed for a few hours 
every day to the sun’s light, has it in his power to rear and cub 
tivate a miscellaneous collection of plants, to enjoy the beauty of 
their appearance, and to watch their progress. through all the 
stages of their growth, at an expense so insignificant as to be 
within the means of every man even in very moderate circum¬ 
stances. 
To do this he must provide an apparatus consisting of a box, 
a stand, and a glass roof, of a size according to his desires and 
means. We shall suppose one is wanted of a small size to stand 
in a window in an apartment of limited dimensions. The stand, 
we will suppose, is one foot ten inches in height, the box whic 
is to contain the mould eight inches and a half, and the glass 
frame one foot seven inches and a half;—in all four feet two in- 
