The Garden Under Glass

PLANTS FOR VARIOUS PURPOSES 141 acacia, allamanda, Asparagus plumosus, begonia (climb-ing sorts, of course), bougainvillea, bmgmansia (ordatura), camellia, clerodendron, diplacus, dipladenia, Ficus repens, fuchsia, geraniums, habrothamnus, heliotrope, hoya, ipomea, lapageria, passion flower, plumbago (capensis and rosea), rose, smilax, stephanotis, streptosolen, swainsonia and tradescantia. A very pretty wall feature may be made by clothing a wall with ferns. This is by no means a difficult matter. Some half or three-quarter inch wire netting is tacked up about three inches from the wall, and in the space thus made peat loam and charcoal are put in firmly, and in this the little ferns and other plants are set. It will be neces-sary to give it a thorough watering after planting, and frequent*syringings at other times. The easiest method of making this feature is to till in the space as the wire netting is being put on, putting soil at the bottom first and working upwards. Such plants as the commoner of the small ferns, selaginella, Rex begonias, fittonias, peperomeas, tradescantia, panicum, are admirably suited for this method of covering a wall. Some Plants for Edging Practically any dwarf plant will do for edging a group of plants in the greenhouse. If there be a staging it will look better to have a hanging plant, such as Isolepsis gracillis, Nepeta gleckoma, panicum or selaginella. Little plants such as Saintpaulia ionantha, Caladium argyrites, Nertera depressa, pilea, musk and small ferns also look decidedly well at the edge of the staging or the foot of a group. I think it, in faet, preferable to a formal edging that these dwarf plants be dotted along the front.