The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1898-04-26
FLOWERS FOX -THa BUSY WO-
MAN.

A near friend wants to know what
to do, writes r )se Saelye Miller il an
exchange. She lost most of her plants
during the winter and she is not able
to care for very many and for excellent
reasons wants to get a few THAI will
give her the best returns for her time
and money.
l do not feel particularly capable OF
advising her, but will offer a few sug-
gestions.
/ do like the geraniums. but "a I
talked aOouT that recently. [ viii Les
that pass. Some of our Oast fl prlsss
are of5rIng these plants as low as ten
cents apiece, and these top. Of very
choice varieties, including La f avorit0
and Souvenir de Miranda, of which !
spoke IN my last paper
Instead of trying TO grow the Olauts
in the house why not have Opx5s for
the porch or che window b4x. wnlcn 10
such a cOmmoa sight IL our cities 0oth
large and small.
/ have in mind a box with the lovely
maurandia vlna trailing all ABOUT les
edges and falling ike q cataract OK
shImmering green from all les SHES
TnIs Is folio we'd towards the Inaer side
of the box with sweet alyssum, and
this in turn, is replaced by blue lOOelia
It you want something brilliant in the
centre, some gorgeous scarlet gerani-
ums will answer s~pIendldIy. l OelIeve
the scarlet kinds are said to be- the
most free blooming of all varieties.
Or how would a Gamma like the Star
of 81 do for the MIDDLE of the Oox aud
border this with something wnIre, say
candytuft, which II spite OF Cne old
fashiOnedness, is q lovely little white
blossom, and in fact, 1t mas been SO Im-
proved that it is we'll worth anyone's
attention. This might be OOrdered by
the delicate blue ~lODelia, and have the
cypress vine for q cover to the Oox.
These two, the lObelia and cy press
vine, are very dainty and delicate, and
there r few things really more
charming. The care of these boxes
would not be very much and che cost
trlf1lng. For very commonplace peo-
pie q common box will do we'll enough
and il the vines grow rampant and the
flowers bloom, who will ever stop to
notice whether or not they are SGT in
the latest and most improved window
garden box7
Another pretty idea for an outdoor
box is to have it filled with nastur-
tlums. / know q good many VINO think
these are common, but wnere will yOu
find a flower so free to bloom, OF such
graceful habit, and such brilliant col
orings3 Why really we will grow ~
or try to, the glOxinia and struggle
with it's idiosyncrasies and Its LACK OF
responsiveness TO all our eff Jrts, that
We may feast u eyes for q time upon
It's velvet Tipped blossoms But If the
nasturtium we're Just as a r and just
as difficult TO grow, [ 6oub5 If IC would
not be just as eagerly sought. / have
had glOXinias, and they certainly are
lovely, | will admit that their VeIvety
foliage is more attractive than tue
blue-green satiny sheen of the nsstur-
tium vine, but when it pm rO che
flowers, they certainly are 10 more
lovely, and no more varied in color
and markings.
Another charming plant is the Inn
patiens Sultana. Tnis ws readily
rom seed, and it BLOSSOMS very freely
even when small I think the seed OF
this plant may be bought for a nickel
a package, but am noe sure. M4uran
dia seed costs ten cents q package
cypress vine I think a NICKEL SWeet
alyssum and candytutt are both very
inexpensive. SO also is the lobelia
A box or two OF such plants grow0
on the verandA are charming, and give
excellent results for very little money.