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be followed by pansies, daisies, forget-me-nots, and 

 potted stocks, and these in their turn can give way to 

 nasturtiums or specimens of the splendid hydrangeas and 

 scarlet salvias and chrysanthemums for the fall. While 

 every window box need not harbor the same plants, it 

 follows that those on the same wall should harmonize in 

 color, and that there should be some relation between 

 them. 



In the selection of plants the question of exposure is 

 an important one. How much sunshine pours directly 

 on the wall*? Is this the side of the prevailing storms'? 

 Is this wall always in shadow, owing to a neighboring 

 house? Is the situation exposed or protected? 



Some plants will endure neglect, survive a hot summer, 

 revive if drowned by careless watering, and manage to 

 exist with a semblance of cheerful courage. Others, ap- 

 parently hardy, will refuse to put up with unsympathetic 

 treatment and will lie down and die. While the oppor- 

 tunity of the window gardener is great, he must exercise 

 a degree of common sense and realize that there are 

 plants which will refuse confinement, and that his success 

 must lie among plants that have been tested. 



A gay household decoration can be secured by plant- 

 ing the seeds of annuals. The pot marigolds or calen- 

 dulas repay with an abundance of yellow flowers; the 

 cypress vine or burning bush is an annual of interesting 

 hnbits in its change of color, and indeed nearly every 



