The Florida agriculturist., 1907-06-26
~ Ornamental Horticulture X

| ing, and to treat them just as yo1
would window-boxes, with the excep
ton of planting vine seed in them tt
form when trained the desired screen
This manner of seed sowing shoul,
appeal especially to the farmers wifi
! whose chickens roam at large, fo
she will have very little to fear from
them when the seed-Ded is copara
lively out of their reach. The mos
luxurlant mornings glory vines I hav,
ever seen were grown in long boxe!
somewhat similar to the above, ant
shaded excellently the long from
| porch.
Almost any Of the ANNALS of which
[ have written may be sown in thi
box, border of trailing nasturtium
or wanderlng-jew (Tradescantia Ed
and any Of the annual vines spoke1
Of in my last article will make
splendid show. Let's arrange one
ror the fringe we will plant nastur
tiums, for the vine to be trained up
ward we will plant the Japanes,
morning glory, sprinkling here an(
there as the width of the box will
permit, petunias and annual phlox
Doesn't that sound cool and bios
sonny? Nothing is prettier in these
boxes than geraniums. In fact, tht
geranium is one Of the most salts
factory flowers any one can possess
1t thrives unusually we'll during thu
winter in a living room and can bt
transp1anted into the open ground fo1
the summer beautifying of the yard
and pot and all may be put into the
ground to be lifted up for the house
the following fall.
The Beautiful Window Boxes-We
may have these window boxes in the
house during the winter, too, but ou1
selection of flowers will, of course, be
different A friend of mine who is
extreme1 y fond Of flowers and has
considerable knowledge Of them as
we'll, has four window boxes in he1
two front rooms. In them she has
the rex, the corab, and three other
varieties Of begonias, the white, white
with carmine eye, and the b1ood-rec
cyclamen, pink and white Chinese
primroses, paper-white narcissus
Roman hyacinth, rose geraniums
three varieties of wandering-jew and
parlor ivy. The window boxes in
many Northern hotels are often filled
with only wanderingjew and sprigs
Of evergreens stuck down into the
damp earth of the box. This sim
pie bit of green is more than attrac-
tive on cold clustering winters day
Window boxes when stained or
painted dark green, a very dull red
reddish brown, Or dark gray, are in
color harmony with the growing
plants. Bright red is not good color
unless you intend to plant onl ~green
things without blossoms and to parti-
ally cover with them the red recepta-
Gle in which they are growing. A
pretty rustic effect may be obtained
by tacking pieces of pine bark thickly
upon the four sides Of the unpainted
box. this is quite effective. Small
straight twigs of cedar tackled thick
ly upon the four sides of the box
make very attractive finish also.
Palms and Ferns in Jardinieres :
The palm and the fern are the two
most popular, indoor plants. Of the
palms, the Latania, the Kentia, and
the Sago are the favorites. The Sage
is particularly attractive 1t is very
hardy, of easy cultivation, and of
charming growth. I saw a palm the
other day grown from an ordinary
date seed planted fifteen years ago
There was not much beauty of leaf
nor luxuriance Of growth; the inter
est Of the plant lay in the fact of it's
being from seed of the 1ady's own
sowing, but this put it in point of in
terest above any plant to be had from