WINDOW BOXES AND PORCH PLANTS 



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to the ordinary flower 

 pot, converting it into 

 a hanging basket. 

 They are useful for 

 specimen ferns or 

 trailing plants. 



Concrete boxes or 

 urns are very heavy 

 but are good, the 

 main difficulty being 

 that very simple de- 

 signs are essential, 

 otherwise the boxes 

 appear very clumsy. 

 If very fine sand is 

 used, or when given 

 a fine finish, they are 

 very attractive. 



For either in- 

 doors or outside, the 

 wicker window boxes 

 present a good ap- 

 pearance. They are 

 excellent filled with 

 Boston ferns and 

 cost from $3 to $13, 

 according to height 

 and length. Excellent 

 long plant baskets are now offered for sale by all florists which are 

 very handy to place upon the window sill. For the indoor window 

 garden receptacles made of plaster of Paris are rather pretty, but 

 are very easily chipped and broken and are not to be advised. 



Concrete window box as an integral part of the 

 building; in this case a garage 



" For Shady Situations 

 Tuberous Begonias 

 Begonia semperflorens 

 Fuchsias 

 Cobaea scandens 

 Vinca 



Foliage Geraniums 

 Crotons 



Funkia variegata 

 Ferns 

 Palms 



-English Ivy v 

 Trailing Euonymus 

 Wandering Jew 



Plants for Window Boxes 



For Winter Effect 

 Box (Buxus) 

 Dwarf Thuya 

 Dwarf Retinispora 

 Irish Juniper 

 Hemlock, Small plants 

 White Pine, Small plants 

 English Ivy 

 Trailing Euonymus 



For Sunny Situations 

 Geraniums, tall 

 Ivy Geranium 

 Petunia 

 Ageratum Houstonianum 



For Sunny Situations 

 Cobaea scandens 

 Phlox Drummondi 

 Nasturtiums 

 Verbena 

 Lobelia erinus 

 Coleus 

 Lantana 



Cigar Plants (Cuphea) 

 German Ivy or Wandering 



Jew 



Portulaca 



Mesembryanthemum 

 Sweet Alyssum 



