INDOOR GARDEN.

Press, Volume LXVII, Issue 20178, 5 March 1931, Page 4

INDOOR GARDEN.

, USE FOR SUN ROOM. *" t f "k* 'C , *" hh ' > y ' ' j !# U, >■ ** f* ; ' .fflj " . The aigtently. Tie sua *OOlll. offer* an Piwo #' whfcb.to grow- M«* plant)), en*bl%,.«ii9. Built-in flawer-i>oxe* are fanning at with sheet-metal, and if the plants are to be' grown I fiife^^ ' plants in indoor 1 they are ; £?<* additional plant apace, shelves may be constructed along the lightest watts, tut well as across the windows. ,G1 im u the ideal material for Such shelves nlnc« it neither excludes the view cf the plant nor the valued Tight. If tie > vails of (be.room ate ot-cemenr or brick, English jvy f < ! them for charming garden-h&&> effeeV ;> *£s hold tho ivy one riight place narrow 1 boxes along the base of the Tfrallß. If ' the ivy does not cling to the wall, - trellises l i>& rosy light . wood/toay , be, 1 made for-it, , -Main, neutral-toned pets 1 arebest for the plants. Gaudy'pots anA. ■ jardinieres try hard to vio with tho 1 charm and colour of the plant Stained )in them- 1 ' J - - I > 1 itmmi In most caaeD, "it is wise to.avoil' using l the choicer greenhouse plant* : in the, son room, •;Mnjulyk"">'«&* ' quirt .'.more congenial conditions thaw r are to be had in, the , /average out ; ,*oonu English ivy -gr^B-Itttorigntljri if given ordinary care, j'An'&rtremely ' dry' -atmosphere isL fhe commonest causq of failnre with thU[ plant. The 1 vines, a favosa ite for outdoor window * boxes during summer, is no lew charmnig indoors. *Phe so-called asparagus "ferns," asparagus sprengeri and asparagus ; plranosM ' grown and useful for light screening andfor foliage scanfcias, or pandering m, well in wafer as in soil, ana may be ' had- 'witb gre&t wh%-rftrip6d»' or *cd-' ' disk foliage. / Frequent .cnttlng : bae|c [ will .prontote thicker foliage on .these | plants, t 1 ; - ; -*< Arrangement care have moeb I to do with the beauty of the sun* p porch garden If-the room is a large one, the .plants 'may, be placed upon the floor, grouped along the walls and in the earners. With thd' taller spe&mens at the and< the lower-grow' l iag plants banlced Against them, .we ; Save » t B effective and natural-appearing | display. JThe plants should receive * a thorough cleanain£ jriXh" water eaeh week. tEbis keeps the. foliage fresh-Jooking-by removing the accumulated dust, and aids the plant by keeping the j. pores of the leaves open. „ * X i * v f - • .r.r.- •' 1 '*•■■ it- " WHEN GOLDS THREATEN, , - When, 4umm<er'ir unwelcome changes <jf temperature threaten yon a > .told, take Pubnortas. -. abotbi tng v heaimit vapours oood tbe iftjeatb- , ing pamage«. r 'pr«v**nttni: "'fluperms from gaining lodgement For 1 pr<Terttion l dr ; ;potent as Pqlmf(maS» Chetaiats ' andj