PORTRAIT OF LOWELL MASON 
Painted in 1831 
Bv Asher Brown Durand 
She of Canvas 30" a- 25" 
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The arborvitCE draws attention by its jorm 
and the play of light on its foliage 
The Winter Window Box 
Y ou know those windows of sum¬ 
mer in the country, so bright with 
boxes of geraniums, daisies and 
glowing petunias? And it has occurred 
to you how much those same windows 
(and, in fact, the whole house) would 
lose in effectiveness were the plants re¬ 
moved ? If you can answer these ques¬ 
tions in the affirmative, then what fol¬ 
lows should be of especial interest. And 
if you cannot, read it anyway and ap¬ 
ply its ideas to your own home. 
The outdoor window-box should and 
can be a year-round adornment of the 
house in either city or country. As to 
its warm-weather planting, I shall not 
speak here, for that is a separate sub¬ 
ject and untimely in cold weather. Let 
the winter box alone concern us now, 
the box planted with hardy little ever¬ 
greens whose thrifty color and sturdy 
forms defy the lowest temperatures and 
heaviest snows. Whether viewed from 
within or without, the window well 
planted with evergreens finds its attrac¬ 
tiveness increased a hundredfold. 
The Type of Box 
Generally speaking, the evergreen 
window-box need not be different from 
the one for summer flowers and vines, 
so long as it is substantially built and 
able to withstand the hardships of severe 
weather. It is well to remember, how¬ 
ever, that the matter of architectural 
and color harmony with the exterior of 
the house is of special importance, be¬ 
cause the box itself will be more in 
evidence when the upright evergreens 
are used than if it were partially masked 
by flowering plants of more drooping 
habit. In this connection it may be well 
to note that window-boxes are now 
offered for sale along with the little trees 
to fill them. The majority of the manu¬ 
facturers sell only the boxes themselves, 
but a few firms can supply them with 
selected evergreens all ready for plant¬ 
ing, and even plan the arrangement for 
you. 
The advantages of the ready-to-plant 
boxes are worth considering. In the 
first place, the little evergreens are espe¬ 
cially prepared for planting when they 
reach you. This point is more impor¬ 
tant than may appear at first glance, 
because much of the success of the little 
trees depends upon the care with which 
they are moved from the nursery to 
the box. Furthermore, if the plants 
are purchased from a reliable concern, 
you need have no anxiety as to the 
hardiness and general sturdy qualities 
of the stock. Still another advantage 
is that, by following directions, you 
will secure a balanced arrangement of a 
number of different varieties which ex¬ 
perience has proved to be harmonious. 
The evergreens used in these winter 
window-boxes range in height from 8" 
to 18" and, in some cases to 24". The 
determination of which heights wUl be 
best, hinges, of course, upon the size of 
the box and largely upon its location. 
Naturally, you would not want tall 
specimens in a low, broad window, nor 
very low ones where the windows are 
high and narrow. A brief list of stand¬ 
ard species includes Colorado blue 
spruce (silvery green), white spruce 
(silvery gray), Norway spruce (dark 
green), red cedar (dark green), white 
pine (silvery green), American arbor- 
vitae (light green). 
Looking over this list, you might 
think that the colors are so nearly alike 
that the result would be monotonous. 
Such is not the case, however, because 
in addition to the countless indefinable 
tones and shades which are apparent to 
the eye, there are the differences in form 
and structure of the selected species 
which lend variety to the whole. The 
spruces, for example, are rather stiff and 
spiky, with short, straight needles. 
Pines, on the other hand, look softer 
and more tufted; their needles are 
longer and softer, lending a more grace¬ 
ful aspect to the whole plant. The 
cedars and arborvitae are again dif¬ 
ferent. They are the finest textured of 
all, and in the case of the arborvitae we 
find perhaps more to hold the eye than 
with any of the others. This results 
alike from the apparent color variation 
due to the effects of light on the pe¬ 
culiar hand-like character of the foliage, 
and from the compact, symmetrical 
form of the plant as a whole. 
Warm Weather Uses 
It would be misleading to close this 
article without mentioning the fact that, 
if properly cared for, these little ever¬ 
greens may be carried over for several 
years. During the warmer months they 
are by no means to be despised as 
garden accents. 
The formal house calls for formality in box and planting. Particular 
attention shoidd be paid to the type of the box, because where ever¬ 
greens instead of flowering plants are used its form is more pronounced 
