16 The New Practical Window Gardener. 



CHAPTER III. 



THE WINDOW BOX. 



|N this chapter I shall consider the construc- 

 tion and arrangement of the window box, 

 which of itself has become quite an institu- 

 tion in the land. It is in reality the real window 

 garden, beautifying our windows with its miniature 

 flower border, in which, by judicious management, the 

 revolving seasons of the year can be marked by a 

 selection of their choicest flowers. Spring comes in 

 with its hyacinths, tulips, crocuses, snowdrops, wall- 

 flowers, arabis, daisies, pansies, and other welcome 

 beauties j summer with its geraniums, fuschias, calceo- 

 larias, lobelias, pansies, and a host of favourites; while 

 autumn brings the addition of stocks, asters, chrysan- 

 themums, and others ; and winter even, with its frost 

 and snow and dull flowerless months, completes the 

 circle with a few branches of variegated shrubs and 

 holly-berries tastefully arranged, giving the window a 

 bright appearance for the season. All this is easily 

 done, and within the reach of most people. A few 

 shillings laid out on this innocent pleasure is money 

 well spent indeed, returning tenfold interest for the 

 outlay in the pleasure you enjoy through your lovely 



