The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1867-08-07

placed on this aud the pots set in It. The vines
running up the sides aud baskets suspended
nom the tops
Another method OF window gardening. carred
on more IN London than In Philadelnhia Is to
have boxes resting on the sill and brackets out
side-the box generally ten inches across the
top and nine inches deep. That is flied with
good soil, and mignonette, sweet alyssum, lobe
La, pertunla, helotrOpc, and germanias planted
in il viii Hover and make fine display the
whole summer. Others have these boxes iled
with Towering plants IN pots, aud are removed
as the plants get out OF bloom, and supply
others to keep up succession OF Aowers the
For cameias, daphnes, azalias oranges, and
oeanders, another method has been tried sue.
Cessiully. Where there IS a spare room, have q
large shallow box fixed near the window max
ing it perfectly tight, by cement, to prevent anv
water getting in through the 1ower-boX then
TIL lt with tan and plant the pots in it. You can
let them remain there through the winter. They
will need but vely little water, and no neat bnt
what may come from the adjoining rooms I
have known Camelas to grow very successfully
in this way, producing an abundance of flowers
during the winter, and supplying the parlor
window with Towering plants
In selecting list OF plants for the window
will FIRST mention few, which nearly all can
cultivate with a little attentlou:-Acacia, ar
mata lmearis and pubesCens, aioe-variegata aud
clique and azalias in all tueir varieties. Cactus
epiphyuum, truncatum, viOlaceum, speclosa
and akermania, begonia-reX, and others of that
class. Sereus, speciOssima, scott aud hageli.
LOilA t''ilts CuUUed, Dl0LyCeuIld.
Geranlums, rose, nutmeg and ali the zonale
class, now so popular and varied in their colors,
HydTangla, hortenslas, mig nonettes, primula
simensus, red and white myrtus co nmuuas
lautollai and variegated nerium, olean ler
double, pink, and white.
For Bask kets-Eiscus, reptans, KenIlWorth
Boston, ENGLISH, and Irish ives aud ferns, most
OF the varieties; lychamachia, nummerltolia
sycopodlums denticulata, coeseum, SAX 'raga,
saImentosa, sedum verlgata, sibaldie etolonifera.
tradies-cantia, discoor zebrina, vinca, eleean-
ussima major, verbena, imperatrice, Elizabeth,
and lobelas. All OF the above are easy of cult.
walton. Beginners should select from this list.
The following are very pretty and suitable for
the WINDOW, butthey require. little more know
ledge and experience IN their cultvation:-
ArdeSia, crenuata Amanda, nerfolia, bou.
yardla leintha, senerarias, calceolana rugosa
donocomiel, meteor Camillas, albaphleno caudi-
dissima, Sarah Frost, Henry Letavre, Mrs
Cope, sacO, Lady Hume's blush, miniata and
Dunlap's embraicata. More might be added to this
list OF camilias, but these are the best. Monthly
coronations, DifeCbachia, pictadracena, Terra
brazehensls cinerarias, dalUhnes, odorata, ru-
bera euphorba, jacqieinlhora, poinsetta-pul-
cherumia, fuchsias (nearly all the varieties)
hehotropes, catalonia, jessimines, lantanes. me-
trosedros, horabimda, lustiCea spaclosa, carnea-
plumb bago, caperses, ruselia junCea vinCas, alba
and rosea, roses Especially the tea Bengal and
Borden classes), additional for baskets, ache.
menus, grand flora, plcta, Datans sissus, dis
color, manetta, COcema torena Asiatica. I
might add many others to this list, but those
selected are the best.