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over. An excellent combination is made by planting 

 the first or inner row of Scarlet Geraniums, the middle 

 row of the Golden Feather plant, while the outer or 

 drooping line should be of Lobelia gracilis, which has 

 flowers of rich blue, drooping, when well grown, from 

 one and a half to two feet. Another style is to plant the 

 inside line wtth^tflui Geraniums, the middle line of the 

 " Rainbow Plant," as it is sometimes called, (Alternan- 

 thera parychoides major,) the leaves of which are tinted 

 yellow, violet, crimson, orange, etc., and the drooping or 

 outer line of scarlet Troptzolums. Sometimes a mixed 

 variety is preferred, which may be made of Heliotropes, 

 Lemon Verbenas, Fuchsias, or such plants as taste dictates, 

 having the finer kinds of Verbenas, Petunias, or scarlet 

 Nasturtiums to droop. The plants should be set out 

 about five or six inches' apart. 



Window boxes are often used to grow annual plants 

 only, from seed, such as Mignonette, Sweet Alyssum, 

 Asters, Portulaca, Drummond's Phlox, etc. These may 

 either be sown separately, or two or three kinds may be 

 sown in rows in the same box. If several kinds are 

 sown, the drooping, such as Phlox, should be the out- 

 side line. After having the box filled with proper soil, 

 draw a furrow in it about half an inch deep, and in that 

 sow the seed, the ordinary sized packet being enough. 

 Cover the soil carefully over it, and then press the soil so 

 as to moderately firm the seed. When dry, water gently 

 with a fine rose watering pot. If the seeds are sown in 

 the window boxes inside the house, it may be done any 

 time in April ; but if not so soon wanted, the boxes are 

 placed outside, and the sowing deferred till May. 



After the seedlings or plants have grown so as to be 

 well established in the boxes, they should be copiously 

 watered once every other day. If the weather be dry, 



