House and Garden 
very attractive boxes may be arranged from the pink 
and white petunias; and there is a deep crimson, 
single petunia that, massed in a box on a grey or 
green house, is excellent. These are selections suit¬ 
able for east, south and west exposures. For north win¬ 
dows plants of a different character are more desirable. 
The asparagus sprengeri, Boston fern, begonias, 
fuchsias and other partial shade-loving plants are 
at home here and grow and thrive as nowhere else. 
The trailing fuchsias and abutilons, and the various 
ivy geraniums are among the most desirable plants 
for the window garden, and vines are an essential 
part. Where variegated foliage or much florescence 
prevails in the upright plants, it is well to have the 
vines that trail of a plain green, though there are 
many variegated leaved vines that are very effective 
in the window-box. Among these the variegated 
vinca is very desirable, also tbe glecboma, which has 
the merit of being hardy and may be carried over 
from year to year. The passion-flower, southern 
beauty,the cobaea scandens and the aristolochia elegans 
are plants that will add both vine and blossom to 
the window’s glory. The maurandia is one of the 
prettiest climbing vines for the window-box. It bas 
delicate, heart-shaped leaves and slender, tube¬ 
shaped flowers of violet, of pink and of white, and 
will stand quite hard frost, so that after the frost has 
robbed the boxes of their more tender treasures, 
the maurandia will continue to wreathe it with gar¬ 
lands of green. 
Fhe coleus is an excellent plant for sunny window- 
FOR A SUNNY EXPOSURE 
FACING EAST 
boxes if kept carefully pruned, but it grows rather 
rank when left to itself. Fhe colors should be care¬ 
fully chosen and some very dark variety mingled 
with the lighter ones for the sake of contrast. The 
new impatiens holstii is admirable for the north 
window, as it gives a wealth of scarlet blossoms 
all summer long. 
But even tbe best arranged window-boxes will not 
remain beautiful unless carefully groomed and 
tended, and as tbe soil becomes exhausted in mid¬ 
summer it must he supplemented by tbe use of a 
good fertilizer, such as liquid manure or bone meal. 
Fhe vines should be kept carefully trained, all dead 
leaves and withered blossoms removed and no seeds 
allowed to form, and if, in spite of tbe most watch¬ 
ful care, certain plants persist in growing shabby, 
they should be removed and fresh plants substituted. 
Pot-grown plants may be slipped out of their pots 
into the place vacated by the discarded plant and go 
on growing without any check, and when removing 
plants the opportunity may be utilized to supply a 
portion of fresh soil. 
If one wishes to go to the trouble and ex¬ 
pense, very beautiful effect may be achieved by 
following the season’s calendar in the flowers. 
Thus April may show a mass of snow drops and 
crocus, while May ushers in the hyacinth and 
tulip. The June boxes may show a wealth of 
tea roses, and so on through the season’s floral 
story until the gorgeous chrysanthemum closes 
the summer’s pageant. 
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