GROW PLANTS IN 



menting with them until you have found 

 kinds which will grow there, after doing what 

 you can to make matters pleasant for them. 



An awning covered with vines, as described 

 in the chapter on Window and Veranda 

 Boxes, can be secured with but little trouble 

 and less expense, and it will answer the double 

 purpose of modifying the heat at the window 

 and of making the window attractive from 

 the outside. It will not be found quite as 

 satisfactory, however, from a practical stand- 

 point, as one of cloth, because the latter can 

 be raised on sunless days, and during fore- 

 noons, when the plants should be getting all 

 possible benefit from light. 



Northern windows can be made charmingly 

 attractive by filling them with shade-loving 

 vines and plants. Ferns will flourish there 

 during the summer, and many kinds of 

 Begonia will do better than in sunny windows. 

 Some varieties of Fuchsia will bloom well 

 there speciosa, for instance. Primula 06- 

 conica, which is tinged with lilac when exposed 

 to the sun, will give pure white flowers in such 

 a window, and will bloom constantly and pro- 

 fusely. If Adiantum Ferns are made use of, 

 along with feathery Asparagus plumosus nanus 



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