122 YARD AND GARDEN 



cost involved. There is nothing in the way of 

 planting, especially in large towns and cities, 

 that will give a surer, quicker touch of indi- 

 viduality and distinction to a residence at small 

 cost and with little trouble than porch and win- 

 dow boxes. 



Where there is a lawn, however small it may 

 be, the boxes, with their green foliage and hang- 

 ing vines, render less abrupt the line between 

 lawn and foundation wall. Even where there 

 is yard space enough to permit the use of small 

 shrubs or flowering plants, annuals or peren- 

 nials, for the concealment of such walls, or the 

 use of climbing vines to relieve the walls of 

 any suggestion of obtrusiveness, the transition 

 between lawn and architecture is less marked 

 when box gardens are emploj'ed. 



In recent years this fact has come to be more 

 generally recognized, and, as a result, profes- 

 sional florists each spring prepare thousands 

 of plants for use in this manner. Moreover, 

 it is possible nowadays to have them in gen- 

 erous quantities at comparatively small cost. 

 At the same time, the varieties offered for this 

 purpose are increasing in number, and the 

 range of choice now includes a score of plants 

 which only a few seasons ago were sold at 



