A PRACTICAL SCHEME FOR USING THE WINDOW BOX ALL THE YEAR—DETAILS OF ITS CON¬ 
STRUCTION, LOCATION AND PLANTING-THE BEST PLANTS AND THEIR CHARACTERISTICS 
by F. F. Rockwell 
Photographs by Mary H. Northend and Others 
HE art of window box gardening has 
been developed to a much higher 
degree in England and France 
than it has here. Climate among 
other things is responsible for this 
difference. But the opportunities 
that lie before us in this matter 
have so far been neglected, and 
incidentally one of the greatest 
pleasures of gardening over¬ 
looked. Next to the small green¬ 
house, which of course is not pos¬ 
sible for everybody — although 
they should be more generally 
possessed than they are—the 
window box offers an opportunity 
to provide oneself with the pleas¬ 
ures of gardening during the usual barren season of fall and 
winter. 
Three of the great advantages window boxes offer are, the 
saving in space and work in taking care of the plants, and in 
keeping the place where they may be, clean. A window box three 
feet long, eight inches wide and six inches deep will accommodate 
a larger number of plants than several large pots and will require 
a great deal less attention in the way of watering and furnishing 
proper plant food. If properly made, too, there will be no trouble 
from muddy drainage-water and stray pieces of earth, as there 
frequently is when pots are used unless great care is exercised 
in making a place for them and in watering, etc. One argument 
The window box should be so made and painted that it is, when planted. 
a really harmonious addition to the room 
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