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Show OltGIIAllD AND OAUDENs I liOTES ON THS CULTURE OF FLOWERS, FLOW-ERS, FRUITS AND VCGCTADLCS. j The lliH,rtuelllss .tfTnt.l-.l f.r Ts.l.r.il ' 1 les.ee ll.trt.nlnj. er Hie Sprelsl tellers tell-ers of I'asorlle I Isnls In llor.l.ri lie. nsslli (he Allndows er Una's Ileus. In window borders rmr endltorl nt lower ganltnlug need not bo hanipi-rrd by ifsoinetrio r-Mtrictlons. We have a lunplo lstrder to furnish end adorn In a qnlot tn-t pretty way. A flower bonier bttckcil np by n wall Is delightful, as It lias nn excellent Uu kgruund, mid pssl cnltiiro Is lietler repaid than In flower burdtrs near ahrulM, whoso nuts run through them and rerel In tlulr rich new, A window bonier Is admirably shown In the accompanying yigravlng, whrro It Ii made to servo a d able purpose pur-pose In sui-portlng the creepers that will eventually Iddo the nab d wallu and In growing lion era. Tlia sire uf window A tvtitow ttORnru, tmnlcra most l rnlwl by the mrninnd-lugs, mrninnd-lugs, but whether mrrow or wllothry can Ixt well fllleil. It Is a gn-at rnlilnko to confine Ibein to tho cultare of summer sum-mer llowers (inly. If treris-rs aro ilcelrrrl upon the walls of tho houto, and tlio bonlers aro nar-roa, nar-roa, thsru will not 1-a ruoiti for many Cowcre, ai tho creepers may want all the nntriment tlio soli contains to sustain Ihcin. Tlioso who obji-ct to crcci.rl of a -icrniaticnt character npon the walls may adorn thv-n for tho summer by placing n few branches of contohulns, instnrtlnm, cccrcmocnrpus or Ihe many lovely tliialiers. Narrow lsinlrs inay lie mado dnllghtfnl by planting them with fragrant lanta and dwarf slinilx, such sweet scented things as the sweet verbena, rosemary and I 'vender. Wheni tho borders aro wido they :r inltof Fomouf tlm best liinly flowers lielng grown. In theso borders ft Is better bet-ter to inako n distinct feature with a few anltablo hardy llowors, grown In masses and of sufl.clcnt r-atullty to bo i rfeclite. It tho house li large and tho bordcra are nniiKroua eaOi one may be a distiuct feature In Itself and dilfer materially from the others. A bordtr of l---1 down roses woul 1 l a pretty feitnro and an uncommon one. Thcso sngges tlons aro mi-rely thrown out ni an as slslance, and m ly botnrie1 or lmprovint uiuu bythoM) ttho bare or Intend to tnaku borders uf Ibis dtscrlptlon. |
