The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-05-02
QUARANTINE PROPOSED TO
SAVE THE CHESTNUT TREES

L l.
Lantana. Flowers are all shades
of orange and red.
Cigar Plant. Scarlet flower with
black and white tip.
Verbenas. Profusion Of bloom in
beautiful colors and shades.
Lons vines.
changing down several feet.)
Nasturtiums. The most popular.
Cobaca Scandens. Makes rapid
growth.
coup and saucers vine) Large bell
shaped purple blossoms.
Morning Glory. Quick growing.
Flowers blue and deep crimson pink.
Manettia Vine. Flame tipped yell
low.
Maurandia. Rapid climber, tube
shaped flowers. deep violet and white.
Blue Moonfiower. Flowers in large
clusters.
White Moonnower. Trumpet shaped
blossoms. snow white.
short Wines.
Ivy leaved geranium. Exquisite
colorings. white. rose pink. soft GRIM
| son.
For shady PIRces-Fiowers.
Fuchs!as. Flowers purple, red,
pink.
| Towering Begonias. Several colors.
Tuberous Begonias. Variety Of col
ors, bloom continually.
Primrose (Obconica). Everbloom-
ing variety
Foliage Eject Only.
Pandanus.
DraCnnas. Foliage. plain green.
green striped yellow or bordered white
or crimson foliage striped pink and
white.
Boston Fern.
For EdginK.
Changing down 3 to l2 inches)
Wandering jew. Leaves, green. green
and white, variegated
Strawberry Geranium. (Mother Of
, Thousands)
Ice Pant. or dwarf habit varie-
gated foliage. flowers white and rose
oolored
Artillery Plant.
Long Vines.
changing down several feet)
German Ivy. Best green, easiest to
grow.
, Ninca. Glossy green leaves, widely
bordered with creamy white.
English Ivy.
! short Vines.
kenilworth Ivy. Delicate foliage.
small violet flowers.
Euonymus. Dense growing vine.
small leaves, dark green with lighter
veins.
what TO Do when Jack Frost
II you want the all winter cheer Of
growing plants on your window stills
or stoop, have the florist Ill the boxes
with lockwood combined with Ivy and
Euonymus for the why effect.
Most every one tries little ever
green for winter box plants. They
are effective and wei! worth all they
cost FOR their replacement each season
II the plants you have had In the
boxes all summer are still towering
or look too promising To discard. D.
all means bring them inside. why
not? The boxes are neat and attrac-
tive and you can be absolutely GER
tain they Will not drip.
II YOU are too impatient for flowers
the geraniums can be cut back to
/ encourage a new, vigorous Towering
: growth for later on.
For general inside use. self water
ing plant boxes are ideal You can
grow anything and everything that
will thrive in pots. There Is no drip
The circulation OF air through the
soil is ample to keep Il sweet and
healthy. Being made In many diff
ferent sizes and varying depths, they
practically meet all demands. Try
one of these boxes for bulbs, such as
| Hyacinths, Daifodils. Narcissus and
Amaryllis in the autumn. Another
thing that will give you fresh. at
tractive foliage and abundant, cheer
full blooms. is Oxalis Devote one of
the smaller shallow boxes to IL. The
following spring you can use the same
box for Pansies.
More than twenty years ago the
writer purchased wooden Perkins
wind mill. This was before the day
Of steel mills. The mill has had proper
care and Is still doing full duty, ap-
parently In as good condition az the
day II was installed. II the steel mills
and gasolene engines made by this
company are as good as their original
wooden wind mills they are sure to
give satisfaction.
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