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The Gardener's monthly and horticulturist . ouse Hardening. SEASONABLE HINTS. We must remember that gardening is notmerely the growing of a pretty flower. Wecannot have gardening without flowers, true, but the taste displayed in the arrangements and sur-roundings is what constitutes the fine art. Aroom or window full of flowers is a beautifulsight; but the pleasure is heightened tenfoldwhen some taste is displayed in the arrangement. 1877.] AND HORTICULTURIST. 71 Of late years this has been more fully recognizedthan it once was, and therefore plants with noth-ing but leaves to recommend them, are often aspopular as those which bear flowers. Werefer to this, here, because when any lists are sunlight than other plants; and for mak-ing tasteful masses they are almost indispensa-ble. The usually graceful forms set off otherheavier things to great advantage. Let anyone take, for instance, the heavier leaved Begonias. U^W BEGONIA REX. given of plants for window culture, leaf plantsmerely are seldom seen therein. Palms and ferns deserve recognition as particularly use-ful for room work, as they will thrive in less of the old Rex type as in the above illustra-tion, and no matter how they may be massed orarranged, they will not look well unless some veryartificial pieces of furniture are arranged or 72 THE GARDENERS MONTHLY [March, grouped around them. But if a few palms orferns be introduced into the company, the re-sult is very different, as the beauty of the Be-gonias is heightened, and the foliage plants are from Mr. William Bulls excellent catalogue, andwhich will make our meaning plain. There was a time when these plants wereveryexpensive, especially to Americans, and few