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The Flower Garden [Chaptci 



No. 



2. 



Fuchsia Phenomenal. Begonia Angel's Wing. Fuchsia Phenomenal. 



Dwarf Ageratum. Dwarf Ageratum. 



Ivy Geranium. Trailing Fuchsia. Ivy Geranium. 



No. 13. 



Rubra Begonia. Asparagus Tenuissimus. Begonia Velutina. 



Farfugium. Feastii Begonia. 



Variegated Vinca. Manettia Vine. Variegated Vinca. 



Asparagus Sprengeri. 

 Russellia Grandis. 



No. 14. 



Boston Fern. 

 Cissus Discolour. 



Asparagus Sprengeri. 

 Russellia Grandis. 



Nasturtiums make an attractive window-box, but 

 need abundant root room, and not more than three 

 plants should be put in a box having three other 

 erect plants. Morning-glories, on the contrary, re- 

 quire but little room, and one may be put in each end 

 of a north window-box and trained over the window. 

 If strings are provided they will reach the roof by 

 midsummer, blooming every step of the way; other 

 vines may be grown in the front of the box. The 

 Centrosema when it can be persuaded to grow is 

 a charming vine for a north or east window, but it 

 is a very shy plant, hard to get started, and refusing 

 to grow in an uncongenial situation, though quite 

 hardy when once established. 



The best support for the window-box is the wooden 

 bracket made by nailing to the side of the house, 



