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The Weekly Florists' Review* 



Max 13, 190Q. 



WINDOW AND PIAZZA BOXES. 



(Continued from page 9.) 



ner for the front, looks well. As a rule, 

 scarlets and crimsons are preferable to 

 pinks. Whites are not so desirable as 

 the higher colors. Scarlet geraniums and 

 white marguerites look well for a time, 

 but the marguerites are not persistent 

 bloomers. Poitevine, Dryden, Grant and 

 Trego are all good geraniums for boxes, 

 and for an ordinary box, thirty-six to 

 forty-two inches long, nine inches deep, 

 and planted with nothing but geraniums, 

 a $5 bill would leave a satisfactory 

 profit. If cannas are used, do not use 

 geraniums in the same boxes, and only 

 use the dwarf cannas. 



Plants for Piazza Boxes. 



With piazza boxes, a little more vari- 

 ety of material is permissible, and the 

 plants are better with more height. Where 

 there is considerable shade, Boston ferns, 

 with kentias or phoenix and a draping of 

 Asparagus Sprengeri, are suitable. In 

 partial shade fuchsias, tuberous begonias, 

 hydrangeas and show pelargoniums will 

 do nicely. Boxes of fancy caladiuras, 

 with panicum and fittonia in front, last 

 season were tasteful. These cost $7.50 

 per box. A similar box of crotons and 

 Abutilon vexillarium can be planted 

 somewhat cheaper. It is possible always 

 to use in these boxes plants which as indi- 

 viduals would be hard to sell, and in 

 estimating the prices of boxes these 

 things should be duly considered. 



For parties wanting something inex- 

 pensive there can be nothing better than 

 either dwarf nasturtiums or petunias. 

 Each of these flowers the whole summer 

 long, and, if the boxes are started in a 

 greenhouse before being placed in their 

 summer quarters, they will lack the bare- 

 ness of those filled with small seedlings 

 around Memorial day. 



The Various Items of Expense. 



In figuring the cost of filling window 

 or piazza boxes, the transportation to 

 and from the greenhouses, the compost, a 

 coat of paint where needed, as well as 

 the plants, are to be included. If all 

 these are reckoned, we shall see that it 

 will hardly pay to fill a box even of 

 annuals short of $3, or of geraniums 

 and other flowering or foliage plants for 

 less than $5, while where palms and 

 larger and more expensive plants are 

 used, the cost must be proportionately 

 higher. It is, of course, possible to 

 shade these prices where a good number 

 are to be filled, but if only one or two 

 are needed, the margin of profit will be 

 none too great. 



All boxes are best filled at the green- 

 houses. One experience in carting soil 

 and plants to a distance, and being short 

 of this or that, will convince anyone of 

 this. 



Always be sure that the balls are well 

 soaked before planting. Those set out 

 with dry roots will never thrive. Do not 

 urge customers to put off their box filling 

 until June, when you can just as well do 

 this work in May, and be sure to im- 

 press upon them the desirability of 

 picking off faded flowers and watering 

 regularly to keep them in good condi- 

 tion. 



Blooming plants for windows and 

 foliage plants for piazzas are better than 

 the reverse order. Of course, there are 

 a good number of flowering subjects 

 adaptable for piazzas and porches, but 

 foliage plants are more suitable for the 

 latter, and should be used more spar- 

 ingly, if at all, in window boxes. Some 



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