44 Filling Window Boxes. 



CHAPTER VII. 



FILLING WINDOW BOXES. 



i|N planting -window boxes you can have a 

 wonderful variety in plants and general 

 arrangement, and there is great scope for a 

 display of neatness and taste. The box itself may be 

 scalloped, beaded, carved, or plain ; painted, varnished, 

 and decorated in any style ; made of wood, slate, tile, 

 or virgin cork, or other materials. And as every 

 season comes round you can have your window box 

 striking the yearly quarters as true as any calendar, as 

 one season's flowers die out and another comes in, 

 keeping up the interest all the year round, and forming 

 a never-failing source of pleasure. 



In this chapter 1 propose to fill an imaginary dozen 

 or so of boxes to give you an idea how it may be 

 done. 



I will take them as they bloom in their seasons, from 

 the early tulips and snowdrops of spring to the 

 chrysanthemum and variegated shrubs and holly berries 

 of winter. 



Box Is^— Early Duc-van-Thol Tulips, and two or 

 three roots of Golden Feather in the centre. Snowdrops, 

 yellow, white, and blue Crocus round the outside. 



