WINDOW GARDENING. ^\ 



The plants that will flower most profusely in these months are : 



Azaleas. Heliotropes. 



Abutilons. Lanianas 



Acacias. Libonia Floribunda. 



Anemones. Lobelias. 



Auriculas. Mahernia Odorata. 



Achimenes. Maurandias. 



Bouvardias. Myrtles. 



Begonias Oranges. 



Calla Aethiopica. Oleanders. 



Cinerarias. Pelargoniums. 



Cuplamens. Primroses. 



Daphnes. Petunias. 



Dielytra. Pansies. 



Epiphyllum Truncatum, etc. Eoses. Tea. Hybrids. Bourbons, 



luchsias. Bengal Boses. 



Gardenias. Verbenas. 



Geraniums, in all varieties. Violets. 

 The Mush plant (^Mimulus Moschatus) is an universal favorite. 



For culture in outside window boxes, the best are Violets, early flowering 

 Snow Drops, early flowering Anemones, Forget-me-Nots and Primroses. 



Summer Culture of Window Gardens. 



June, July and August, do not require as much labor as the busy months of 

 springtime. To be sure the cultivator needs to give daily attention lest the 

 plants should become dried up from want of water ; and must also tie, stake, 

 prune, air, and weed with great care. 



Water will now be required in greater quantities, and it need not be any 

 warmer than standing in the sun will make it. The evening is the best time to 

 apply it, because the plants will drink it up during the night to their great ad- 

 vantage, while if given in the morning;: the sun's rays will claim their share, and 

 by quick evaporation much will be lost in the atmosphere. There are some 

 plants that will desire, and must have water twice in the twenty- four hours. 

 Fuchsias, Callas, Lobelias, etc., should have water both night and morning. 



After the first of June, the plants will enjoy all the fresh air that can be given 

 both night and day, in nearly all latitudes. Calceolarias and Cinerarias will be 

 benefited by being kept cool, which can be done by placing them on damp moss, 

 or refuse tan bark, and covering the surface of the pot with it. By the middle 

 of June they can be placed in a cool, shady window, and all the stems that have 

 flowered should be cut off, or if planted in a cool border, they will furnish more 

 roots which can be divided in September or October. 



By the end of May, in many localities, many plants will flourish better out- 

 side the window than inside ; Geraniums, Pelargoniums, Fuchsias, Roses, Helio- 



