. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. xgo6. The American Florist. 693. WINDOW BOXES AT BUFFALO, N. Y. have your bulb display indoors; as the bulbs will not require too much water- ing, same could be given without dam- age to floors or furniture, besides a tin or zinc box oustide of the wooden box would take care of that. A box of ihe size herein described would take 15 tulips for the back row, 19 hyacinths for the middle row and about 50 crocuses for the front and side rows, and the to- tal cost of good bulbs would be from $1 to $ Daffodils, jonq
. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. xgo6. The American Florist. 693. WINDOW BOXES AT BUFFALO, N. Y. have your bulb display indoors; as the bulbs will not require too much water- ing, same could be given without dam- age to floors or furniture, besides a tin or zinc box oustide of the wooden box would take care of that. A box of ihe size herein described would take 15 tulips for the back row, 19 hyacinths for the middle row and about 50 crocuses for the front and side rows, and the to- tal cost of good bulbs would be from $1 to $ Daffodils, jonquils, snow- drops, etc., could of course be grown in such boxes. After the bulb display is over the bulbs can be taken up and pansies, forget-me-nots and daisies can be planted. A good effect would be to have the forget-me-nots in the back towards the window, the pansies in front of them and a border of daisies in same position in which we had the crocuses. Ten forget-me-nots, 14 pansies and 20 daisies will fill the box nicely, and they should not cost more than $1 for the, lot. By about June i it is time to es- tablish the summer planting, and for that purpose we have an almost inex- haustible variety of plants, and effects are obtainable by a proper selection to suit all tastes. The following planting lists for win- dow boxes may be of use: First: Cost of plants for one box $, including 2 Pennisetum Rupelian- um, 3 heliotropes, 2 calendulas, 4 sweet alyssums, 4 geraniums, 2 Cobcea scan- dens. 2 maurandias, 2 Centaureas gym- nocarpa and 2 fuchsias. Second: Cost of plants for one box $ Plants. I Dracaena indivisa. 6 geraniums, 4 petunias. 4 Vinca major variegata, 4 German ivy, 2 fuchsias, 2 coleus, 2 verbenas, 6 Begonia Vernon. 2 marguerites, 2 nasturtiums and 2 lo- belias. Third: Cost of plants for one box $ Plants. 2 Phoenix Canariensis. 4 crotons, 2 geraniums, 2 fuchsias, 4 Abu- tilon Savitzii, 6 fancy begonias, 4 Vinca major variegata, 4 German ivy and 2 Abuti
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