| Show it rs C md eire and INN ae 4 1 i k 1 L 1 41 baby wreath and PLANTS FOR SHADY WINDOWS by EBEN EDEN REXFORD it often happens that the woman who lovea loves plants has no rio sunny win in dowa dows in which to grow them and un der tho the impression that they cannot be successfully grown without sunshine he docs does not attempt their cultivation thua thus depriving herself of a great deal of pleasure especially in the winter there Is no good reasons reason why the lover of plants should be without their company iu ju the winter provided of course that the temperature of at the rooms can be regulated t b keep out the frost and some of the plants that can be grown in the wirdo lofts a that are without sunshine artt among our most desirable ones for house bouso culture first on the list I 1 would mould place the bobson fern nearly everyone Is fa millar with thil plant it requires only the ordinary attention give it a soli soil ef of garden loam with enough coarse sharp sand worked into it to make it friable a liberal but not an excessive amount of water and a temperature varying several degrees above the frost point and anyone may be reasonably sure of success with it it docs does not 0 a very well however la in steam heated gas lighted rooms NO plants will flourish under such conditions though many will live on indefinitely under them the Is about the only plant I 1 v dare to recommend to those living in rooms heated and lighted as at mentioned above this plant has ha an almost iron constitution ution bich enables it to N withstand ith stand influences that would scon sma kill anost plants it seems to care nothing for the run shine and therefore Is excellently adapted to cultivation in sunless rooms if not subject to the debilitating effect of steam heat beat it iiii make a most luxuriant growth grouth and its rach dark leaves will III afford a vast amount of or pleasure while it la Is able to withstand ith stand unfavorable conditions better than other plaats lt it iq always grateful for good care and the plants that are cared for well aro are always the ones that give the best satisfaction keep in mind english ivy Js an old favorite twined bp tp about a window it Is a beautiful ib to se I 1 know of no vino vine having moto attractive its dark rich leaves have just the thick leathery texture ailant a amt should have to replat the effect of dry air and dust duet dust need never be allowed to accumulate on it however hoever dust the vine every day you need not be afraid of injuring the foliage borne some of the flap finest t specimens of it I 1 have ever seen have never had a glimpse of sunshine give it a soil of garden loaia have its pot well drained water moderately bo do on the lookout for scalo settle if any are found along the etalka stalks but sometimes eom ellmes on leaves wash ash the entire plant soapy water taking care to rub infested suka well ell in order to make it easy to take plant down for or cleaning I 1 would ad vise putting email small acre screw books in window frame to furnish support it rather than fastening them securely to the woodwork woodA ork simply slip vine over the hook book abd it m will III need other support when it la is to take the plant down for any purpose all one has to do is lift it out the books that hold it and thero there are the IN whitman hitman fern Is a fitting corn com panion for the boston fern of which ie Is a it sport atle vz reely has shorter fronds thin the boston jem jern they are much wider ider I 1 wever lad their leaflets are subdivided in uch such a manner that each becomes a miniature frond the effect ie Is light bad and feathery and graceful this is a most ercel excellent lent plant for a place at the sill bill wl walle ile tie ike boston ari art oty ety Is more efferth he f a bracket half way up the window from which point of vantage it long lour fronds can droop in such t u lr L r aa as to display their charms in effectually all plant 1 lov have haie a desire to grow some mck A of the A antum branch of the f ru tu farelly in the living room few ban hare ard in doln doing thia this I 1 however because a 0 the delicacy of the ordinary varlet var lettes fes out but we have ono one now that will adapt itself lly to the tho cultivation which prevail prevails la in the usual home this la Is Crow canum I 1 have given it a ayears years trial and it has proved satti factory facto ryas ns satisfactory as the old doston boston fern it Is stronger et ronger sturdier in habit labit than any other Adlan I 1 have ever aver seen and ita its foliage Is thicker and limer it prows to a height of about eight eert cell inches and has a corresponding spread of at branches its foliage has all sit tha the grace that character characterizes izes this division of the great fern family and a well mell grown gron specimen is a thing to be proud of give it a soil of loam matter or leaf seat mold and sand equal parts let lot its drainage be good mattir well and cover with ith something when you dust the room all the plants mentioned above are non flom flowering art arx or more strictly speaking they are gran for their foliage whatever lowers flowers they have are so insignificant as to be unnoticeable nut but there are flowering plants quite well adapted to culture in bunters windows one of these Is primula ob conica t another Is primula Forb lall primula ob conica has much longer flowers than the other variety and is to therefore more showy but primula For beall sll is 2 most charming little thing that will ill win la its way to the heart of at every person who loe cowers fowers 40 i 4 w Y 5 A inc BU 0 lawn also a fine planting d shaft rees |
