The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-09-07

Palace gem is lovely pale yellow with
maroon 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 combination gives you
every shade of yellow from corn to
saffron, as we'll as a charming variety
of foliage.
The cost of the three narcissus bulbs,
fifteen cents; the four packages of seed
for the rest are five cents each: total.
including pots and brackets, ninety
five cents.
If your walls should be yellow, or
yellowish, try blue hyacinths for the
side grouping; ground work of the box,
love in mist, (the foliage is so feath-
cry it forms a mist; hanging basket
and bracket pots, balloon vine and
some of the love in a mist.
Cost-sHyacinth bulbs. ten cents each;
two packets seed, ten cents; total, for
ty cents.
In a room with a dark ground a
white window is lovely.
Choose white balsam for the corner.
1t will grow about a foot and a half
high, mignonette (the lansatham is
best for the house,, and torinia (white
wings) climbing nasturtiums and
sweet peas. All these are five cents
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ty-five cents. 1t is one of the lowell
est combinations and would permit
the luxury of two Chinese lilies, which
will grow in a little glass dish hair
filled with water and stones: the per-
fume is delightful for bedroom.
If the apartment lacks color, wall
flowers, heliotrope, pansies and nastur-
tiums for runners will give an oriental
depth of color that will tone up the
whole.
From these four suggestions you can
suit almost any fancy. All are chosen
because easy to grow. The sweet peas
is rather apt to be straggly and poor
in the house; that is why the only time
it Is used is in connection with mas
turtiums, which are the hardest Oh
climbers. Whatever you decide on,
start the seeds in the two little nurs-
cry boxes, being sure the earth is very
finely pulverized. Fine seeds like mig
nonette, love-in-a-mist, wall flowers
pansies, ETC.. must be scattered on the
smoothed earth and then have llght
covering of earth not deeper than Just
to hide them, press down gently
sprinkle with water and place IN
partly shady place, or rather not IN
the direct rays of the sun, for they
must never become quite dry until
terminated; the less often you have TO
water the better, as each wettlns
makes the earth more apt to crust
while if they are kept too wet all may
rot. The larger seeds, such as sweet
peas, nasturtiums, balsams, etc,
should be put in one inch apart ana
deep.
When the seedlings are about an
inch and half high, transplant them
to the window boxes. pots, etc. Bulbs
however. may be put into the box or
pot they are to remain in, Kept III
the dark and quite moist for SIX
weeks. At the end of that time let
them have all the light and sun pos
sible and they grow like Jacks beam
stalk.
If you have the seed boxes started
in October you will have flowers oy
the middle of December at the very
latest, when such a joy would cost
dollars instead of cents.
When your window is going, always
hang a dust sheet over it before any
sweeping is done, and once a week re-
move all your growing things into me
bathtub and give everything thor
ough drenching. Keep a pan of water
on the stove, or whatever heating ap-
paratus you warm the room with. Re-
member, at night, when very cold, or
if the heat is likely to go down, 10
put newspapers between the WINDOW
and your garden, so that the plants
are safe from frost. These directions
seem lengthy, thus enumerated, put
the trouble is really very little and the
delight is great.