Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1911-06-08
GARDENING NOTES.
window and vernnde Boxes--summer
Care Of House Plants.

Care Of House PInnts.
Now Ia about the time, as tho old nl-
MANAGES used to say, when the amateur
gardener can expect a change, not in the
weather necessarily. but in his own dis
position. What with bugs and worms,
struggling seedlings and rank weeds. his
garden begins TO look like n failure and
he Is apt to feel that he would have done
better to have planted something else or
nothing at all. This is the time when
the new garden, especially II the gardener
IL using ANIMALS, has little to show in the
way Of beauty and promise, and Is de-
cidedly not Joy forever. But this Is also
tho time that mates or mars the success
OF the garden. few weeks of careful
effort and hopeful application to the
wcarisome tasks will be amply rewarded.
Keep at IL and soon your neighbors will
be looking over your back fence with adj
miration. and YOU will have gained repu-
tation In your district. This is tho time.
too. when profitable lessons are learned
ana stored away for use in another sea
SON Gardening cannot be taught by writ
ing or ny correspondence: 1t must be
learned by experience. The rewards are
certain and ample; keep at It!
Those who are confined to vcranda boxes
and window boxes for their gardening
operations may seem to have less evils to
| fight against than their landed neighbors
who delve in yards. But this is much in
the seeming for boxes are hardly natural
| places for gardens and only great care
/ and skill In tho selection of plants will
| make them successful. recent bulletin
| from the national council OF horticulture
| says that the trouble attending box gar
dens in city homes frequently arises from
insufficient care in aeleCtinG plants which
will Withstand the unfavorable conditions
usually met. Too great heat, insufficient
| air, and insufficient light are often tho
| great faults. The first two conditions may
| nc remedted by much spraying and
| dampening. Spread out cloths to protect
the floor and spray plants frequently.
| IF there Is insufficient light, plants must
! be chosen which will endure the shade
| In dark rooms such plants as the palms.
| tho pandanus. the screw pine and New
ENGLAND flax do we'll OF the palms the
fan and date varieties require least care
The rubber plant Is excellent. It Is in
| iurcd ly dust and should he washed fire.
| quently DO not make the mistake of us
| ing inferior plants for your window gar
den Procure vigorous plants growing in
!.
mong tho Towering plants suitable for
! window garden are the Gala cyclamen
Chinese and English primroses. oxnlis.
geraniums, heliotropes. fuchsia and frees
IA. Attractive hanging baskets may he
| filled with vines 20 add to the attractive
ness of the room or porch.
HOUSE PLANTS IN THE SUMMER
It takes a tardy plant to stand the dry
atmosphere, variations in temperature
and lack of oxygen. which almost every
| house plant has to struggle against dur
ing even the most favorable winter in
the house When summer comes. there
fore, many plant will he found to have
been weakened somewhat by this diff
cult season. through which It has cheerod
and lent beauty to the house At the
end of the season each plant should be in
spected with a careful eye and provision
made for its summer rest and recupera-
| ton.
| In every case where Ii Is possible the
house plant should be allowed to grow In
the open air during the warm months
saws the garden writer of the Indianapolis
| News. Cut flowers take their place in
doors so that they can be spared and ont
of doors. while growing strong for next
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