120 YARD AND GARDEN 



displaced and the beginner will do well to 'rely 

 in the main on pot marigolds or calendulas, 

 clarkias, zinnias, balsams, candytufts, scabiosas, 

 nasturtiums, poppies, calliopsis or coreopsis, 

 phloxes, pinks, portulacas, China asters, stocks, 

 sweet alyssum, cockscombs, silenes, petunias, 

 sweet-peas and sunflowers. For climbers none 

 is better than the morning-glory or the nastur- 

 tium. 



PORCH AND WINDOW BOXES 



In connection with the discussion of annuals, 

 it is fitting that there should be something said 

 of porch and window boxes. Often the earth 

 inclosed in these is the only ground some un- 

 fortunate city resident possesses; it must be- 

 come his garden and his domain and therein he 

 must raise the flowers with which to grace his 

 residence in summer. Porch and window boxes 

 may be filled with foliage or flowering plants, 

 which, once they are established, will add im- 

 measurably to the appearance of the residence 

 and contribute generously toward redeeming 

 the big city of its barren ugliness. These little 

 box gardens, whether they are simple or elab- 

 orate, are always effective, and the effective- 

 ness is invariably out of all proportion to the 



