The Warner weekly sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1885, 1884-05-09

then lacking DlJS Oh IWisteu hiossy
branches irregularly back and forth till
the desired height was reached; then
LONGER pieces formed an arch over the
ton. In one box a white abutllon
formed the center piece, with scarlet
geraniums and sweet Dreathed heilo-
tropes on either side, while delicate
maurandyas, with their dainty leaves
and blossoms. twined around and over
the rustic supports. Then, mingling
with the stronger growing German
ivy. senecio scandens fell in long festoons
from the arch above. Bulbs of oHalls
deppi, which had been tucked in here
and there, furnished abundance of pref
tilv marked leaves, and the outside of
the box was completely hidden by a
perfect mat of othonna, t~radescantla,
German ivy and dew plant. The other
box had a large, double, purple fuschia
in the centre, with white geraniums on
either side, surrounded by quantities of
mignonette and the same charming con-
fusion of dropping vines. These boxes
were sheltered 10y a veranda, but had
an unlimited supply of sunshine during
the middle of the day, and were perfect
marvels of luxuriant growth.
Bogonias are among themost suitable
plants for this kind of gardening, and
the tuberous-rooted varieties reduce
the labor to a minimum A box on my
own veranda, last summer, contained
our of the latter, while Madeira
vines clambered over the
lattice work of slender viii
lows to the ends, and wreathed the up
per part of the window with their own
peculiar drapery of green leaves, and
family sweet flowers. A quantity of va
riegated periwinkles completed the eff
feet. On the approach of cold weather,
such a box can easily be removed to
warmer quarters, gradually dried off,
and her placed in a frost-proof room or
dry cellar until the following spring.
A collection of fuchias, half a dozen
different kinds, in o large box is also q
charming, and unlike specimen pot
plants, they can be left to their own de-
vices, and neither trimmed nor trained.
For q good-sized box no vine is more
desirable than the cobea scandens, and
it is easily grown from seed. Two little
pots filed with moist earth and placed
side by side in an empty match box, the
spaces around them tightly packed with
wet moss, the seeds planted edge down,
the whole covered with a pane of glass,
set in a warm place and not watered,
have year after year started beautiful
little plants for me. After the seeds
have terminated, they ask little favor
of any oneyand their rapidity of growth
is something marvellous.
Nothing adds so much to the CHAINS
of the rich, glowing colors of foliage
plants as a judicious mixture of ferns,
and some of our native mes are quite
equal to the greenhouse varieties.
Taken up in early spring before the
fronds have begun to unroll them
selves in the sunlight, and put here
and there among brilliant coleus or
crimson dracanas, they Will grow and
thrive either In shade or sunshine, and
lend grace and beauty to their surround
ings. Rustic boxes filed entirely with
ferns, and wild grasses, and draped
with mitchella vines, may deck a shell
tered veranda all summer, and then do
duty at a north window as ferneries all
MllJeT. r
Cyperus alt~ernifolius, also, though
usually recommended for Wardian
cases, will give charming effects among
bouvardias or ADDITIONS in a large VIM
dow box, and sweet peas and mignon-
cite are always acceptable. Sweet peas
must be covered three or sour inches
when sown, or the vines will soon turn
yellow and droopaway without a single
blossom.
In. regard to the size, shape and Or
namentation of the boxes much will de-
pend on the plants chosen. For strong.
quick-growing ones, depth of soil and
plenty of root room are required, while
for the lower-growing and delicate mes
shallow boxes are more desirable. One
thing bear in mind: no art can deco
rate equal to the forms, colors, shad-
ings, intricate ~loopings and draperies
of healthy vines and flowers, SO there is
no necessity for elaborate ornament in
the box itself; it should always be sub
ordinate to the plants therein. The
soil should be light and rich, and the
supply of water must be ample.-Vick's
Illustrated Magazine.
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Early Pig Pasture.
What is it best to SOW for an early
pasture for pigs, the coming summer,
on d prairie soil newly broken?