CHAPTER VIII 

 The Winter Window Garden 



Gay flowers and easily grown — What to do with the 

 old plants — Setting out in the garden — The best 

 kinds, and their handling — Azaleas, lilies, etc. 



If you want a winter garden of high-class 

 flowering plants other than bulbs, at the 

 least expense, make your selection of plants 

 from those mentioned below in this chapter. 

 Most of them will bloom in the dreary 

 month of March, but the azaleas and some 

 others may be had in time for Christmas, if 

 started early. I believe they are the best for 

 beginners, and the plants that are best for 

 beginners are generally the ones that the 

 old-timers come back to after expensive tests 

 of novelties. They are the showy, long- 

 lasting, easily grown coolhouse plants, that 

 you will grow year after year with increasing 

 satisfaction. 



GHENT, MOLLIS, AND INDIAN AZALEAS 



The showiest shrubs are the azaleas. 

 Both the Ghent and mollis azaleas bloom 



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