The Busy Woman s Garden Book 



ful than a window full of primroses, and no plant 

 will give a more generous and constant succes- 

 sion of bloom from fall until spring. 



As far as practicable, the growing of plants 

 in window-boxes instead of pots will be found 

 more satisfactory. Inside boxes which are narrow 

 enough to rest on the window-sill are preferable 

 and the plants may be planted directly in the 

 boxes or, if preferred, in pots and the pots 

 plunged into the boxes with moss packed between 

 the pots to retain the moisture. This gives a 

 better moisture condition than when the pots 

 are stood on a shelf, exposed on all sides to the 

 drying air of the living-room. It has the added 

 advantage of allowing the pots to be lifted from 

 the box for spraying the foliage, a great help 

 to successful growth, and to apply such insecti- 

 cides as may occasionally be needed. Plants 

 grown in the dry air of the living-room are apt 

 to be affected by red spider ; this is especially no- 

 ticeable with such plants as cinnerarias, calceola- 

 rias and a few others. Those who are so for- 

 tunate as to possess that modern essential of a 



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