102 LITTLE GARDENS 
middle of the month—the finest blooms are obtained by taking or 
selecting these buds. If a terminal bud is required the second 
crown bud at C is rubbed out and more shoots are grown on to D; 
then the central bud of the cluster of buds there formed gives 
the desired flower. At A in 2 the first break is shown, and it 
corresponds with Ain 1. But in 2 only one shoot is grown on to 
B, where the first crown forms, the orthodox three branches being 
selected and grown on to C, the second crown, and D. 
Now this is the wrong way to manage a plant, but many novices 
follow this course. The second crown buds do not produce such fine 
flowers as when they are borne on branches grown on right from 
the first break or stop, which occurs during the latter part of March, 
throughout April, and also in May. 
Therefore, adopt the system shown in 1, and reject the one 
shown in 2, when you wish to grow cut blooms for exhibition or 
plants for groups. 
BEAUTIFUL WINDOW GARDENS 
Those who have only a very small space of ground in which to 
grow flowers may devote some attention to window boxes, vases, and 
tubs, and so have a 
very charming dis- 
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who possess a large 
garden and have 
plenty of scope for 
flower culture may 
add flower boxes on 
the window _ sills, 
where they will form 
a very pretty supple- 
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borders. Climbing 
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A WINDOW BOX WITH DWARF PLANTS. often amateurs have 
not any means of 
growing climbers through lack of border room; so I am giving a 
hint here as to how a tew climbing plants may be used during 
the summer months. 
The: first illustration shows a window box containing dwarf 
growing and climbing plants. Ivy growing in pots may be used. 
