VERANDA BOXES 



the care of it to others who take Httle or no 

 interest in it, and it will soon become an eye- 

 sore, rather than the "thing of beauty" which 

 it can be made by proper management. Only 

 those who love flowers well enough to be will- 

 ing to give them personal attention should 

 attempt the culture of them. Those who set 

 out to have them because "it's the style," al- 

 most invariably fail of success with them, as 

 they deserve to. Grow flowers because you 

 love them, or do not grow them at all. 



The fact remains, however, that many wo- 

 men who really love flowers fail to achieve suc- 

 cess in window-box gardening. Sometimes 

 failure is the result of an unwise selection of 

 plants. But oftenest it comes from a lack of 

 proper knowledge as to the conditions which 

 prevail in this phase of gardening — conditions 

 easily overcome when once clearly understood. 



Because of the exposure of the window-box 

 on all sides, moisture evaporates very rapidly 

 from the soil in it. Those who are used to car- 

 ing for plants grown in pots on the window- 

 sill, are under the impression that a large ap- 

 plication is not necessary for those in the box, 

 therefore water is applied in limited quantity, 

 and the result is that the soil on the surface 



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