Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-09-06
FOR ONE DOLLAR
It is Possible to Start a Win
dow Garden.
GET READY FOR XMAS
START THE PRETTY THINGS
GROWING NOW.
Suggestions How to Make and Fill
the Boxes and What to
Plant.

| Written for The Evening Star.
For one dollar any woman who has a
| room. no matter how small, can have the
| brightness Of tiny garden.
Once a dear old lady informed the writer
in an important and confidential tone that
"a canary bird and some pots O. flowers
half furnishes a home-so it does" And
it's true:
This is the month to start right in and
build window garden that will give you
flowers at Christmas and all the rest Of
the year Begin by getting from a grocery
store two boxes about a foot square and
three inches deep. These are for your
nursery, Two more about a foot and a
half long, eight inches wide and seven
deep are necessary Two small boxes are
easier to handle than one three feet long
would be, but they are to stand end to
end, so as to appear one, right across the
window On account Of the weight, it is
better to get another box, or boxes, for
them TO stand on. instead of trying to put
up a shelf, which is more than likely to
come tumblinS down. The stand box or
boxes cover with a piece of mating or
burlap or chintZ. or anything pretty and
cheap. The top boxes that hold the pants
must have a coat of stain; five cents Will
provide plenty at any paint store. A couple
of bracket stands for the sides of the win
dow, 90 cents: two flower pots for them, 10
cents; a hanging pot for the center %
cents.
Next. the mold TO I'll all these.
Purloin this from some nearby vacant
lot or take car ride into the country,
when You can also obtain a few fern roots
which viii be great help, and bring it
home III a grip.
The earth in the house, you must take
courage and a good sized paper bag, go out,
waylay the gentleman who brushes the
street, and ''blarney" him into filling the
bag. Then return home and mix your bag s
contents thoroughly with The earth. Fill
the boxes, pots and nurseries and keep
three quarts IN reserve for use later Sprin-
kle all lightly with water, and in week
you will have 4 lovely crop of weeds. Pull
these all out and go over the surface with
a kitchen fork, then pat ii down.
So far IL has not been very interesting,
but now you can exercise your taste in de-
Preserve the Harmony.
Naturally the wall paper and furnishing
must control the choosing of plants. for
all beauty would be destroyed if the win
dow was out Of harmony with the room
co1oring If blue predominates, imagine
the effect of dark gold narcissus at one side
of the window, the rest of the box filled
with portuiaca "a deep orange); in one side
pot Tom Thumb nasturtiums (crystal pal
ace gem Is a lovely pale yellow with ma
| room spots); the other side pot climbing
nasturtiums, yellow; in the hanging basket,
canary bird flower. a very pretty creeper,
and some Of the portulaca- This combina-
tion gives You every shade of yellow from
corn to saffron, as well as charming va
riety OF foliage.
The cost of the three narcissus bulbs, Is
cents; the four packages of seed for the
rest are 8 cents each; total, including pots
and brackets. % cents.
Blue With Yellow.
If your walls should be yellow, or yellow
ish, try blue hyacinths for the side group
ing; ground work of the box, love In mist
the foliage is so feathery 1t forms mis0;
hanging basket and bracket pots, balloon
vine and some of the love in a mist
Cost-Hyacinth bulbs, 10 cents each; two
packets seed, 10 cents: total. 40 cents.
| In room with a dark ground a white
window is lovely.
Choose white baisam for the corner 1t
will grow about a foot and half high,
mignonette tthe 1ansatham is best for the
housed, and tor.nia, white wings}. climbing
nasturtiums and sweet peas. All these are
5 cents a package, so the cost will only be