66 
House & Garden 
MONARCH 
CASEMENT WINDOW HARDWARE 
A device that ends 
Casement Window 
troubles 
Architects are agreed that outswung case¬ 
ment windows are an artistic triumph. 
But— 
Well, a graphic illustration of the old trou¬ 
bles is to have all your casement windows 
open when a storm is approaching. How 
are you going to close them? 
The Monarch Control-Lock for outswung case¬ 
ment windows is a simple and sturdy piece of 
hardware by which you control the sash with an 
ornamental little handle on the inside. The sash 
is locked in any position simply by turning the 
handle down. Merely raise the handle and you 
can swing the sash as easily as you would a door. 
The screen and draperies are not disturbed. 
Get them at your hardivarc dealer’s—or send us 
his name and lae’Il forward free printed matter to 
both of you. 
# Monarch Metal Products Co. 
5000 Penrose Street 
St. Louis, U. S. A. 
Mfrs. also of Monarch Metal U’eathcr Strip 
Window Boxes and Veranda Vines 
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sort of drainage at the bottom and 
make the earth rich. Garden loam and 
that from the bottom of the compost 
heap, mixed with one-fourth to one- 
third of its bulk of well rotted cow or 
sheep manure and a little sand, will be 
right. If the box is to stand on a 
piazza railing, rest it on thin cleats to 
avoid rotting the wood; or set it out¬ 
side, on brackets. Keep well watered, 
especially after the plants till in and 
begin to bloom. If possible, water oc¬ 
casionally with a little weak liquid 
manure during the latter part of the 
summer. 
Plant Combinations 
Free blooming geraniums of the right 
color for your house, and the trailing 
vinca,'make one of the prettiest com¬ 
binations, although not unique. Keep 
the vincas from year to year, to save 
expense; they are very pretty in the 
house, if you have room, or you can 
make arrangements with some green¬ 
house to keep them over the winter for 
you. Geraniums had better be newly 
purchased each year, as it takes the old 
ones, which have to be cut back, so 
long to present a good spring appear¬ 
ance. Free-growing and blooming ten¬ 
der annual vines, like nasturtiums, are 
charming if their color is harmonious 
with the house. 
We used to grow old-fashioned Ma¬ 
deira vine in our boxes and vases, hous¬ 
ing the bulbs from year to year, as well 
as a charming, very rapidly growing 
delicate vine with feathery yellow blos¬ 
soms, called German ivy. Wandering 
Jew is a rapid grower which is perenni¬ 
ally useful. The ivy geranium combines 
the beauty of both geraniums and vines, 
and is one of the best plants to use in 
piazza and window boxes. With all of 
these it is best to give some thought to 
original selection and effective combina¬ 
tions, and not try to crowd too many 
varieties promiscuously; be sure to plant 
the vines very liberally, as this makes 
for grace and beauty. 
Petunias are lovely for veranda boxes, 
especially the pink sorts. Rosy Dawn 
is an excellent variety. Here, as in 
most close-to-the-house planting, be sure 
to use white flowers freely, as they 
harmonize with anything. 
Veranda Box Combinations 
A few effective veranda box combina¬ 
tions would be: vinca or German ivy. 
Rosy Dawn petunias, ageratum and 
feverfew or sweet alyssum; vines as 
above, Gloire de Chatelaine or Vernon 
begonia, blue lobelia, double white pe¬ 
tunia; nasturtiums, a few vincas to 
help avoid later shabbiness, lemon ver¬ 
benas at ends and middle, and white 
feverfew or double or fringed white 
petunias, filled in with sweet alyssum 
or candytuft. 
Other Plants 
Other plants suitable for these gar- 
denettes are cigar plant, fuchsia, helio¬ 
trope (if there is plenty of sun), and 
sweet scented geraniums for greenery. 
Often the common annuals may be in¬ 
troduced with good effect; select those 
having a fairly long blooming season, 
such as Phlox Drummondi, stocks, snap¬ 
dragon, and verbena, especially in pink 
and white. Pansies are pretty for early 
in the season, and they may be lifted 
out later and their places filled with 
other things. 
If your boxes must occupy a shady 
place, you may use vinca. Wandering 
Jew and English ivy for vines; and the 
“Dusty Miller”, ferns, palms and many 
foliage plants, including the begonias 
mentioned above and the tuberous- 
rooted varieties. Lobelias and pansies 
may be set for color, to bloom as long 
as possible; the former will last a long 
time. 
A graceful and useful addition to 
your box will be two or three well 
grown plants of parsley, which jmu 
may clip for culinary purposes. If you 
are a city dweller, add also a root of 
chives. 
Take the best of care of the dwellers 
in your window boxes. Keep them well 
watered, and fertilize the soil after the 
season has advanced. Even one drying 
up will do irreparable damage. Keep 
an old kitchen fork in the box, and 
“scratch around” frequently, loosening 
the hard soil. Remove all withered 
blossoms and leaves, both for present 
appearance and to assist continuous 
bloom. Use a watering pot if possible, 
to keep the leaves and flowers free 
from dust. 
Winter Arrangements 
When frosts come and the summer 
glory of the boxes has passed, pull out 
the roots and refill with tiny pines, 
junipers and cedars, with running ever¬ 
green for vines. There are nursery 
concerns which make a specialty of 
growing these little trees and shipping 
them in excellent condition, so that 
when you receive them they are 
ready for planting. Even if sprigs or 
branches are used instead of the rooted 
little trees, the boxes will supply at¬ 
tractive greenery for a long time. 
German ivy, pansies a-nd begonia in the window box, ainpelopsis 
and geraniums against the brickwork, and cut-out places in the 
floor for other plants—limited space well used 
