WINDOW BOXES AND PORCH PLANTS 171 



The best vine for trailing over the edge and extending downward 

 for five or six feet is the German Ivy. If this has grown into quite a 

 jungle when procured from the florist, cut it back and let it start out 

 gracefully. Vinca, or Periwinkle, a variegated green and white vine 

 of exceeding long growth, is everybody's favorite. It stands adverse 

 conditions. Cobaea scandens will trail down or chmb up. Creeping 

 Jenny (Lysimachia Nummularia) succeeds admirably in shade and, 



Nothing better bespeaks home joys, grace and comforts than a well-filled 



window box 



furthermore, in some sections of the country it can be gathered from 

 the wild. Kenilworth Ivy (Linaria Cymbalaria), a neat, nearly hardy, 

 lavender-flowered trailer, can be tried, also Asparagus Sprengeri, a 

 plant popular with the florist and very useful in the window box. 



Trailing plants of less rampant growth include: Lobelia erinus 

 (not the compacta variety) ; the flowering habit is unexcelled. Another 

 blue is the Ageratum, which, like Lobelia, is always in bloom, and 

 it is fragrant. The trailing varieties of Coleus have a good habit, 

 but the colors are much mixed. Verbenas and Petunias are useful 

 by themselves as well as the front margin of the box. 



