FOR YOUNG GARDENERS. 
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that will do well in a south window will not do well in a 
north window, and vice-versa. For success do not crowd 
too many plants into the box and do not expect the box 
to present its best appearance when first filled; give some 
room for growth and development. There are two methods 
of filling: one where all the tall plants are placed at the 
back of the box and the low ones in front; the other where 
tall plants are in the center and low plants or vines either 
side. The latter gives the most lasting effect since when 
the box is turned about the light is more evenly divided 
among the different plants. The box should have several 
one-inch holes in the bottom for drainage and a zinc pan 
should be placed under it. It should be raised from the 
pan enough to prevent its setting in water. In the absence 
of a pan a tight box can be used but will require great care 
in watering. Outside boxes may be filled in the early 
spring, even befoie the frost is out of the ground, with 
well hardened Pansies or Beilis Plants (Perannis) or both. 
A good assortment will make a very showy box. After 
the danger of frost is passed and Pansies are not blooming 
so well, take them out and fill the box with any of the 
plants given in the list best suited to your exposure, or 
mixed Petunia seed may be sown among the Pansies and 
the latter allowed to remain. The Petunias will grow 
rapidly as soon as the warm weather comes and entirely 
fill the box with an abundance of bloom. Vines can be 
used in connection with them. In the Fall, when the flow¬ 
ering plants are killed, they can be pulled up and some 
hardy evergreens planted, as Spruce, Hemlock, Juniper, 
or Cedar. In this way the box will look attractive the 
entire year. In the Spring take out the old soil and put 
in new. Plants for outside boxes in Spring, February to 
May: Violets, Pansies, Beilis, Forget-me-nots, and Bulbs. 
The latter should be planted in the Fall. 
For Sunny Exposures: Achranthus, Alternanthera, 
Ageratum, Begonias, Coleus, Cornflower, Dusty Miller, 
Marguerite, Geranium, Petunias, Salvias, Snap Dragons, 
