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gay display can be made by arranging two boxes, one with the Lobelia in front, 
and behind it a row of scarlet Geraniums, such as the Gen. Grant, Warrior, oi 
Marie Lemoine. For a dwarf Geranium the Tom TJmmh is best. The Delphinium 
formosum is good also for the balcony. Cut away the blooms as fast as they get 
done. In order to keep the plants in good health and growth, it would be well to 
see that the soil of the boxes or pots is covered with moss, and once a day, in the 
evening or early morning, give the plants a thorough syringing of water, for upon 
the dry floor of the balcony evaporation will be quite rapid in warm days. Seeds of 
the Mignionette, Sweet Alysum, Phlox Drummondii, and Nemophila will all do 
well. 
Nothing is so effective as the Scarlet Sage, Salvia Splendens, gorgeous with its 
dazzling beauty. 
A good plant or two of the Dielytra will make a showy box, and then you 
can make room for a few Verbenas, Petunias, Larkspurs, and Heliotropes. We 
would not recommend any bulbs, such as the Gladiolus; except the Lilium Aur- 
tum, which will often do well; also the Lilium Longiflorum. 
If you wish to grow bulbs and make a fine display, you must remove your 
boxes from the balcony just before winter ; fill them with appropriate soil, (such 
as is named in chapter on Bulbs,) sink them in the garden border, plant in it your 
bulbs of Hyacinths, Tulips, Crocuses, Snow Drops, &c., to remain during the 
winter, well covered with some mulch. In early spring take them up, replace 
again upon the balcony, and allow them to grow and bloom. This is a very good 
plan where a box of flowering bulbs is desired for the jam just outside of the 
window-sill. After flowering the box may be filled up again with beiiing 
plants. Every evening give a good sprinkling of water, and once a week you 
may add a dose of liquid fertilizer to all your plants on the balcony. In very 
hot weather watering may be given twice a day, remembering the only safe rule, 
never to give it between the hours of 9 a. m. and 4 p. M., while the sun's rays 
are warmest; hence, affording the most danger. Where balconies are enclosed 
by glass screens upon all sides they become house conservatories, and admit of 
the same management which is given to plants for window or greenhouse culture. 
Plants of greater variety may be admitted here during all seasons of the year, 
but usually nearly everything is removed from them during the summer months, 
and placed outdoors to enjoy the fresh air and invigorating rains. 
The Aucuba Japonica is a handsome evergreen shrub ; flowers are of no value, 
being small, but the leaves are large, of a glossy green, blotched with a pale yel- 
low color, tapering off to white. It must be grown in a partially shaded loca- 
tion, as it cannot bear the hot rays of the sun. It is hardy, and will withstand 
ordinary winters. 
Vines for the Balcony. 
In these you will find your most effective means of decoration. Most of the 
hardy garden favorites will grow from 30 to 50 feet in a season, and a great 
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