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  • Since the plants are likely to be injured in porch-boxes, and since these boxes should have some architectural effect, it is well to use abundantly of rather heavy greenery, such as swordfern (the common form of _Nephrolepis exaltata_) or the Boston fern, _Asparagus Sprengeri, _ wandering jew, the large drooping vinca (perhaps the variegated form), aspidistra.

    Manual of Gardening (Second Edition) 1906

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