THE WINDOW GARDENER. BY Sprague EDWARD S. RAND, JR., BULBS," AUTHOR OF "FLOWERS FOR THE PARLOR AND GARDEN, ETC., ETC. NEW YORK: Entered, according to Act of Congress, in the year 1863, by EDWARD S. RAND JR., In the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the District of Massachusetts. Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1872, by In the Office of the Librarian of Congress at Washington. Entered, according to Act of Congress, in the year 1876, by In the Office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington. 41 PREFACE TO NEW EDITION. THE HE present edition of the "Window Gardener" has been thoroughly revised and greatly enlarged. Every year has given us many new plants, and some have proved admirably adapted to parlor culture. These have received notice, and directions for their cultivation have been given. A chapter has been added on the Culture of Orchids in the Parlor. These beautiful plants, the élite of the floral kingdom, are yearly becoming more common; and as their wants become understood we find that their culture presents no special difficulty. A few years ago it would have seemed impossible to grow orchids in the parlor, yet some species do well, |