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THE GARDEN MAGAZINE 



November, 1905 



Grape Vines 



NO garden is complete without a sufficient number 

 of grape vines to supply an abundance of this 

 delicious fruit. For nearly 40 years we have been 

 furnishing high-grade vines for this purpose. 



Q We will send ten large vines of the best table varieties, including 

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Wintering Tender Plants in 

 Window Boxes 



T)ERHAPS the best, most serviceable and 

 -*- artistic way to winter tender plants is in 

 window boxes, placed inside the window and 

 about six to twelve inches from the glass. 

 The box may be expensive or otherwise, as 

 desired. So far as the plants are concerned 

 any box will do, provided it is well drained, 

 but by all means have it made to fit the 

 window. Paint it on the outside any color 

 appropriate to the surroundings. It should 

 be six to eight inches wide and six inches 

 deep, with several holes drilled in the bottom 

 for drainage. A tray or tin pan of a corre- 

 sponding size should be provided to catch 

 the water that soaks through, but the box 

 should not be set down tightly into this. 

 Allow enough space all round to admit free 

 circulation of air. Small blocks of wood 

 about an inch thick placed in the bottom 

 of the pan will elevate the box sufficiently. 

 The failure in growing house plants often 

 rests upon inattention to this simple require- 

 ment. All healthy growing roots require an 

 abundant supply of oxygen. When a flower 

 pot or window box is left to stand in water 

 half the time, the circulation of air is stopped 

 and the roots are suffocated. I believe that 

 this one thing is responsible for more deaths 

 of house plants than any other neglect or 

 mismanagement. 



A neat and inexpensive means of supporting 

 the window boxes is on brackets placed about 

 two inches lower than the window sill. 

 Drain the bottom of the box with about 

 an inch of broken flowerpots, charcoal or any 

 rough material, and fill up with good soil. 



PLANTS FOR SUN OR SHADE 



In a sunny window begonias will give 

 abundant satisfaction, in such varieties as 

 Vernon, Erfordii, gracilis, magnified, Vesu- 

 vius, metallica, coccinea (B. rubra), mani- 

 cata, Duchartrei, incarnata and others. 

 Begonias of the semperflorens type (i. e., 

 Vernon, etc.) that have been planted out of 

 doors can be taken up, with as much earth 

 adhering as possible, and planted in such a 

 box. The arrangement can be suited to one's 

 own taste. 



Rex begonias are also suitable for such a 

 place, and will make a beautiful box, either 

 alone or with other subjects. 



Geraniums are also suitable for a sunny 

 window. Old geraniums do not lift (trans- 

 plant) well, and it is always best to start 

 with young stock. 



Ferns of the Bostoniensis, Piersonii and 

 Scotti types (varieties of Nephrolepis ex- 

 altata) are suitable for either sunny windows 

 or those that are only partly shaded. But 

 it is better to have them in pots rather than in 

 boxes, as they are then more conveniently 

 handled. 



For a shady window nothing is equal to 

 the shield flowers or parlor palms {Aspidistra 

 lurida and A. lurida var. variegata). They 

 keep their foliage under the most adverse 

 conditions, and succeed with less attention 

 than any other plant I can think of. They 

 will grow almost anywhere. In a shady 



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