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they look very well. Holes should be bored in the 
bottom for drainage. An inch of broken pots or stones 
should also be placed at the bottom, and covered with 
moss or decayed leaves. The box should then be filled 
to within in. of the top with a compost of good loam 
4 parts, leaf soil i part, and \ part of horse manure, 
with a little sand. About the end of May the window 
boxes may be filled with Geraniums, Fuchsias, Marguerites, 
Calceolarias, Lobelias, Nasturtiums, &c. A window box 
planted with Scarlet Geraniums and Marguerites at the 
back, Calceolarias and Fuchsias in the centre, with Ivy- 
leaved Geraniums and Lobelias in front makes a very pretty 
show. The Geraniums hanging over the front of the box 
to a depth of 18 in., and the Marguerites and Scarlet 
Geraniums growing 15 in. high at the back, will give a 
mass of flowers and foliage nearly 3 ft. broad, and will 
not only have a charming effect, but will relieve the 
monotony of what would otherwise be bare walls. 
During the winter the boxes need not be empty. They 
may be filled with Wallflowers and Forget-me-nots, Arabis 
and bulbs, either mixed or alone. The boxes should be 
taken down, the soil turned out and mixed with fresh soil, 
the drainage should be put back with moss or leaves over 
it, and the soil then replaced. This should be done about 
the end of October or beginning of November, when the 
plants and bulbs may be put in, and the boxes returned to 
their places. Wallflowers and Daffodils, Arabis, or Forget- 
me-nots and Tulips, Wallflowers alone, or bulbs alone 
— such as a row of Tulips at the back, Hyacinths in the 
middle, and Crocuses in the front — make pretty dispiays 
in spring. The Tulips and Hyacinths may require to be 
