L. L. MAY & CO. ST. PAUL, MINN. 
sweet syringas and snowballs give a gala appearance while 
seeds are sprouting. 
Paeonies and roses fill in the month of 
June_ until the annuals are blooming, and, after that, the 
massive hydrangeas are white, lavender and pink until Octo- 
ber. ^ One thing in the favor of shrubs is the little care they 
require. AVhile a garden of seeds must needs be guarded and 
watehd over, the shrubs once planted will do excellently with- 
out renewing or culture, and, instead of dying down with the 
frost, will come up again each spring with renewed vigor. 
We have prepared the following list, as especially suited 
to children's wants and abilities, and are putting them at these 
prices which will suit the children's purses. 
WINDOW BOXES, INDOOR GARDENS, ROOF GARDENS, 
AND ETC. 
In many of the crowded districts of our large cities it 
is quite impossible to secure land for gardens any where in 
the neighborhood of the school. Under these conditions, the 
school garden may spread out over the whole school year for 
window gardens are the next best thing to outdoor .gardens, 
and any teacher may have her room filled with these. The 
box should be about eight inches deep, a foot wide and long 
enough to suit the available space. It should be filled to 
within an inch of the top with good rich, well prepared soil, 
a layer of gravel or coarse material and a few small holes, 
drilled at the bottom of the box, will facilitate drainage. 
In planting, one may use ones own discretion with regard 
to seed, but the common annuals give a most delightful effect. 
Nasturtiums would be particularly happy if part of them were 
trailed over the window, and others allowed to droop over the 
edge of the box. Canary vines or cypress vines or sweet peas 
combined with sweet alyssum, pansies and etc., are very 
pretty, and, for a north window, or one that gets little sun- 
shine, ferns, begonias, fuchias and wandering jew will make 
a splendid showing. These suggestions apply to porch boxes 
and window boxes at homes where there are no lawns or back 
yards. 
