| Show kp rs aad T th care and fe pm 9 tit Y fin fine style of country houie house note the simplicity of window boxes andi and the lawn unbroken by bed beds WINDOW AND VERANDA BOXES by EDEN REXFORD where 1 ines are lucking lacking a mott excellent substitute tor for them about the veranda is furnished by plants grow groan n in boxes ronde to fit the spaces between the tile posts these boxes tho the boya boys of the daml family ly will be delighted lighted Je to make mak e if they are like most boy boys I 1 know if you will III fur them good tools to make them with alth they should be at cart a feyt wide file and anil a foot deep nd aad the timber of which illch they tire made should bo be of fairly ly good quality for it u will III hae haie to resist considerable pressure when the box Is 1 filled with mith the soil these boxes bores will be found most eat sat lefa cory it if allowed to project outside the veranda rail they should beuell be will supported by braces running from the bottom of the box on the outside to the veranda floor paint them some neutral color before lining filling them with eoll soil it if ordinary soil soll Is used you will have only an ordinary of the plants you set out to grow in it while mille v hat you want Is vigorous growth therefore send the children out alth shovels and baskets and instruct them to rather gather the rotten vegetable matter to be found in old fence corners and find nebout stumps and logs no matter how full of roots it IR I 1 the nutriment aou ou are in search of Is there and a few roots bots more or loss less will not Intorf interfere ere with alth the plants you propose pro poo to growling grow in it on tho the contrary they will prove of positive benefit as they will help to keep the eoll soil aught and porous before fining titling the boxes with soil bore a few fen holes in the bottom ot at them to allow for the escape a 0 surplus water in all probability there mill bo be no surplus water to escape but it Is well vell to be on thy the cafe vote side NN when hen you put the eoll toll into the boxes press it down doun firmy if dumped in lightly evaporation will be rapid and the roots of your plants may buffer suffer in come consequence quence at the outside of tho the box set ct vines tines of quick develop development mont like german ivy or the tile madeira madelta vines these will soon hide the box completely and after n little they will form a screen for all that portion of the veranda below the rail morning glories can be planted here and there along the tile box and trained upon strings and made to furnish shade for the veranda as will as a screen other flowering planta plants can be selected 0 arlt individual taste almost any ilant can be used with reasonable chance of success if care is taken to nee that the eoll soil la in the box Is alvi lys kept moist this Is the secret of the success of the culture of plant plants in window and veranda boxes do not be satisfied with a quantity of water that will wet the surface of tho the eoll soil und and leaves that pealon 1 of it two or three inches below almost ae as dry as before any a was applied use it by th and male eure sure that the soil toll in tho box Is in moist here Is m where here most persons fall in box gar dering they uie use a lint tint aher u if to needed they overlook the fact that ben beluso uso of at their elevated position thew boxes part rapidly with moisture by evaporation being exposed to hot air and wind on every side bide they arc are likely to b become dry in a very short time and the only way air to prevent this lie 1 to make it a rule to apply water tn in liberal quantities very every aty diy do this and you jou 1 have no trouble in growing rood good plants in them neglect to do this and you will meet with the fellure you deserve while the ordinary window box affords a great deal ot at pleasure by the cowers it at thi window sill it fernl aci no shade for the window most delightful a dingi can be made with try little trouble by nailing of lath together la in a square and fastening fas them to the top of the an window dow letting them slant downward Im Nimard in front on the angle of the tile culinary onlin ary cloth n aw aing sui sul port them by braces running from window frame to their out bide edge coyer cover them with coarse course vitro nott netting lug plant quick growing vines at the ends of the window aindow boxes and train these up the strings until they can take hold of the netting that cover the frame framework ork of tim the aw altic in a short time you will A III have oil all the linde you need and your window will bo be na As attractive to the eye from outside as it la Is pleasant to the occupant of the room I 1 he good old makes an excellent leranda cranda box plant because it wll droop it allowed to and aill at the same time coer the surface of the io u with he fix pleasing fallago and richly colored flower floer the petunia la Is another most excellent plant tor for this purpose because of its combination habit of uirl upright glit and drooping growth and its profuse floi louring trIng Canil Cand tut tutt lobelia lobella and set alyssum are all free flower g jb plant of drooping habit and c cin can an be made very effective as an art edging of these bocce if one docs does not care to make use of upward growing inea nines aa a creen screen tall plant with luxuriant foliage like the canna coo be used irstead with very satisfactory results result Is the tile children will tako take great d light in gron growing ing i lants from seed and should le lie given boxes of their own la to which to conduct thila experiments TIMELY NOTES OM ON BEAUTY SPOTS POTS if your lawn Is larger than you can core care for pio properly perly plan to line am it of suitable bize size next year by filling la in with thrifty hardy grauers grow ere that will take carp care of themselves dont neglect to drop a to bev v goedd of perennials la in the bore places thie month for bloomers next ear seed lings cost but little money while plan plants tg are expensive many beautiful things can be raised from a package of mixed seeds of if perennials I tow now Is i good time to plan changco in the borda and the flower garden as one can eee tee the mistakes in planting tha tall growers la in front of the law one ones in grouping ill 11 matched plana and mixing colors keep a note book and pencil la in hand in nn the home lot ul whether lether for fruit ault shade or ornament plant the tallest greiers grow groi era ers well mell to the rear grading down to the lowest or creeping things tho the rowe rows run east to et that all may have the sunshine they can thus hu be seen to tho the best advantage and prove a joy to the beholder PLANT JAPANESE LILY IN FALL while almost nil rill lilies do better it planted in the tile fall there are some tic notably the japanese which do not reach thia this country until the ground Is frozen Ilo however wever they can bo planted even in december if you are anre the bed at follows digate h bd hd d deep two feet and too mal nure heavily hea awall sis or well rotted manure and mix thorough y when the bed ie Is ready cover it with a foot or of two of fresh manure thia this will keep tho th ground florn from freezing lily bulbs deteriorate teri ter orate when ben kept 0 out U t of the acl scrape up the road dust and apply about the roots ot of your plants and help keep the he in the soil W P N 1 pansies in a bolh 0 u sand band |
