Chapter NINE 



THE outside window-box is a thing of 

 beauty if well cared for, a disfigure- 

 ment if neglected. So greatly does 

 it add to the cheerfulness and ap- 

 parent size of the rooms under the 

 windows of which it is placed that I should advise 

 its use whenever practicable. One of my pleasantest 

 recollections is a window-box full of Heliotrope un- 

 der a sitting-room window, filling the room so full of 

 perfume that going into it in the early morning was 

 like stepping into a garden of fragrance. 



Window-boxes do well in any window not shaded 

 by porches, and the plants best suited to the light 

 may be selected. Many plants too tender to bed out 

 in the open ground may be trusted to the window- 

 box. Fuchsias, Ferns, Asparagus Sprengeri, A. ten- 

 uissimus, Ageratums, fancy-leaved Caladiums, and 

 various tuberous-rooted Begonias, like the silver-spot- 

 ted, known as Angel's Wing, are all lovely in the 

 window-box. Rubra and most of the Begonias do 

 admirably in a north window. For windows facing 



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