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grown plants of ornamental foliage, such as Coleus, Achyranthes, Ferns, or into 
which you may transfer your pot plants from inside the window. These boxes 
may be usually made of pine wood, painted green, and vary from six to eight 
inches deep, and ten to fifteen inches wide. Fill up all the interspace not occu- 
pied by the pots with sand ; also fit castors to the boxes, so that they may be 
easily moved from one part to the other. Into these boxes may be set trellises, 
and upon them may be trained the Fuchsia, Ivy, Clematis, or Morning Glory. 
Different boxes may be used for different classes of plants: one for Geraniums, 
anotiier for Ferns, a third for Ivy, a fourth for Roses, a fifth for Evergreens, (the 
Arbor Vitae being best,) another for Bulbs, (Tuberoses. Lilies, &c., being best.) 
The length of these boxes should not exceed four feet. 
Mignionette boxes are generally made 7 inches deep, 7 inches wide, and froi»» 
U to 3 feet long. Mignionette looks best when the plants are grown en masse, 
and for this there must be depth of soil. It is not a bad plan to plant a few 
climbers in the boxes, so that when the Mignionette fades away the vines will 
fill up the blank space. 
Tom Thumb Tropaeolums, Canary Bird Floicer, Asters, Stocks, Balsams, are 
all very suitable for this style of box and balcony gardening. 
Zonale Geraniunis, Pelargoniums, of all kinds will do well. Plants of varie- 
gated foliage, like the Abutilon, need a slightly shaded locality 
Heliotropes, Salvias, Verbenas, <&c., require a strong exposure to sun and air, 
and will bloom well in a southeastern exposure. 
In a western balcony the variegated leaved Ivy Geranium, scarlet, white, and 
pink; Tom Thumb Geraniums, and Mignionette, will bloom most perfectly. 
Ivies will twine about the frame-work, no matter what may be the exposure, but 
the Madeira vine likes a warm place, and the Smilax anywhere. 
Fuchsias desire the shade ; hence, a northerly exposure, except when too cool, 
will suit them ; also the Pansies, Myrtles, and Funkia variegata do best there. 
Brackets may be fitted to the sides of the window frame, and in them placed 
pots filled with drooping flowers, like the Colisseum Ivy and Tradescantia 
zehrina. 
At a slight expense you might construct a small hanging garden, similar to 
one of the designs illustrated in the chapter for hanging baskets, and suspend it 
at the end of the piazza. You may also introduce vases upon your veranda with 
good effect; but for this you do not need tall plants. The most effective flowers 
are those of Pansies, Verbenas, and Petunias. 
Balcony gardening in winter is of course an impossibility, unless we make 
exceptions in favor of a few Evergreens. These are suitable at all seasons of the 
year, and nothing is more neat and tasteful, requiring less care than a box of 
Arbor Vitaes, for these are much easier to grow than Pines or Spruces. 
If the balcony is limited in space, do not attempt bushy plants, and shrubs 
will be out of place. Here climbing vines are the most appropriate. 
But if you do have plenty of room you may introduce in the spring such 
shrubby plants as the Azalea, the Weigela rosea, and the Spirea prunifolia. A 
