Successful farming : a ready reference on all phases of agriculture for farmers of the United States and Canada . occasionally. A box thelength of the window andfrom six to eight inches deepmay be used. Set the plantjars up an inch above thebottom of the tray in orderthat they may not be too wet. For plants there is a good variety:Abutilon, flowering begonias; fuchias, swainsomia, billbergia, Quen-ista, geraniums (especially Christmas Pink), cuphea, lobelia, oxalis(also for hanging basket), cyclamen (in shaded spot), Chinese, starry,and Baby primroses, stevia, Marguerites, candytuft, alyssum,
Successful farming : a ready reference on all phases of agriculture for farmers of the United States and Canada . occasionally. A box thelength of the window andfrom six to eight inches deepmay be used. Set the plantjars up an inch above thebottom of the tray in orderthat they may not be too wet. For plants there is a good variety:Abutilon, flowering begonias; fuchias, swainsomia, billbergia, Quen-ista, geraniums (especially Christmas Pink), cuphea, lobelia, oxalis(also for hanging basket), cyclamen (in shaded spot), Chinese, starry,and Baby primroses, stevia, Marguerites, candytuft, alyssum, agera-turn, heliotrope, bouvardia, balsam (touch-me-not), cactus, and plantsmentioned later which may be brought from the outdoor summer bulbs, amaryllis, calla and the so-called Dutch bulbs are prob-ably the most satisfactory of all flowering plants for the house. A dozenPaper white narcissus may be grown in an eight-inch deep glass dessert-dish half full of sand, above which the bulbs rest, held firmly in place by 1 Courtesy of House and Garden, Published by Robert J. McBride & Co., N. A Large Boston WINDOW GARDENING 543 pebbles sprinkled in among them and covered with water. Freesias, hya-cinths, tulips, daffodils, single narcissus, crocus, even the Easter Lily inany of the many named varieties listed in seedsmens catalogues, mayalso be grown successfully by the amateur. These Dutch bulbs shouldbe purchased in September, and excepting freesias, Paper white narcissusand Roman hyacinths, which may be started at once, planted and putaway for about six weeks toform roots before any topgrowth is allowed. Setthem in a cool place—buried in coal ashes in acorner of the cellar or out-of-doors in a box buried incinders for one inch abovethe pots and protected fromfreezing too hard by a layerof straw, leaves and them moist and may be brought intoflower a pot at a time andfurnish pleasure fromThanksgiving to April—agamut of color and de
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