. The century book of gardening; a comprehensive work for every lover of the garden. Gardening. WINDOW AND ROOM GARDENING. 595 it is advisable to vary the contents as much as possible. A continuous stream of scarlet Geraniums, or even Fuchsias, graceful and pretty as these plants are, becomes wearisome, and a surfeit of yellow Calceolarias is an abomination. Good self colours are delightful ; they impart a restful aspect to the box, and the eye is not irritated by a medley of harsh hues. Always avoid flowers of a purplish crimson colour, or anything approaching magenta, which pales off to an a
. The century book of gardening; a comprehensive work for every lover of the garden. Gardening. WINDOW AND ROOM GARDENING. 595 it is advisable to vary the contents as much as possible. A continuous stream of scarlet Geraniums, or even Fuchsias, graceful and pretty as these plants are, becomes wearisome, and a surfeit of yellow Calceolarias is an abomination. Good self colours are delightful ; they impart a restful aspect to the box, and the eye is not irritated by a medley of harsh hues. Always avoid flowers of a purplish crimson colour, or anything approaching magenta, which pales off to an ashy tone peculiarly objectionable at all times, though sometimes "ashy" flowers or a fanciful greyish colour are held up to our admiration. This is, of course, simply "fashion," just as the green Carnation is worn because of its novelty, though a more horrible travesty of a beautiful flower one can hardly imagine. At the sides of the window-box strings may be fastened leading to the nails placed at the top of the window, so that such creepers as the Canary Creeper (Tropaeolum canariense), ordinary climbing Nasturtiums (Tropasolums), or even the small-leaved Virginian Creeper (Ampelopsis Veitchii) may run up and form a very graceful festoon around the frame, so to speak, of the window. One likes to see a break away from conventional types. The mossy Rockfoil (Saxifraga hypnoides), S. Wallaceii, the common Stonecrop, and similar evergreen mossy plants are very charming in windows, especially the mossy Saxifrage, which, even w hen the position is very hot and exposed, will make a free rich green growth, burdened in the spring months with white flowers. Over the edge of the box let the Creeping Jenny (Lysimachia Nummularia) trail, or even the yellow-leaved aurea, but this must be used with cau- tion, as its yellow colour is too pronounced to use much. The Ivy-leaved Pelargonium is more often used for this purpose than the Lysimachia, and it is certainly a plant
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