56 WINDOW AND PARLOR GARDENING 
brackets can be placed just below the window, and will be 
just as safe. The bottom, or better, the whole inside, can be 
covered with zinc perforated in the bottom to allow for drain- 
age. Begonias, tuberous and herbaceous, Calceolarias, Fuchsias, 
and choice Geraniums are favorite flowers for this purpose. The 
boxes are often edged with Lobelia, Musk, Alternanthera, and 
other low-growing plants. Marguerites, Heliotropes, Verbenas, 
and Dracenas may also be used with advantage. Ivies and 
creeping vines are largely employed in window-boxes ; hanging 
down in graceful garlands or partially trained round the win- 
dow, they make a very charming effect. 
Flower-stands of cast iron in ornamental designs are very 
useful for growing a large number of plants in a small space. 
The tops should be flat, with a shallow tray of zinc for holding 
the plants. The illustration printed herewith shows a suitable 
stand nicely arranged. ‘The central plant is a small and grace- 
ful Palm, and around this are placed a number of foliage and 
flowering plants. 
The best plants for growing in hanging baskets and window- 
boxes are as centre plants: Anthericum variegatum, Dracena 
indivisa, Abutilon, Bromelia Ananas variegata, Geranium, He- 
liotrope, Paris Daisy, Pandanus, Solanum jasminoides. For 
border around these the following may be used: Begonia 
semperflorens and varieties, B. metallica, B. fuchsioides, Ivy- 
leaved Geraniums, German Ivy, Ivy, Cuphea, Libonia, Coleus, 
Irisine. For edging the following varieties are very suitable: 
Alyssum, Musk, Periwinkle, Verbena, Lobelia, variegated forms 
of Tropzeolum; Manettia, Tradescantia, and others according 
to circumstances. Vases may be filled with similar plants, or 
with large single specimens of American Aloe, Dracena indivisa, 
and others according to size, 
