Rensselaer Union, Volume 6, Number 27, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 March 1874 — Window Gardening. [ARTICLE]

Window Gardening.

Tiiis is an especial app ojriate season of the year to make the windows beautiful with plants. There is great pleasure in bringing spring indoors by collecting the flowers which are now in bloom in the hot house, and plan ling thehTmThe hand some boxes or baskets made for that purpose. AVindow gardening 1 is delightful m winter time: neveri tbeless, there the hardiest plants i suffer more or less for fresh air. I■• - - j At this time there are hours at i noon when the windows can be I throwiLopen, ami the plants-which ; have been boused in greenhouses ■ will apparently speak their thanks • contact with the sun’s rays. The 1 plants now in blossom are the hyacinth, narcissus, tulip, daffodil, cineraria, heath, violets, lilies of t!ie valley, and seyeral other varieties which are charming as companions in the sitting room. SlTallow cigar boxes are very useful for planting ; seeds, and can be arranged to look nicely in the windows. In two or three weeks from this time, it will be proper to plant mignonette and sweet elysium, those fragrant and jnost suitable plants for window ; boxes. The vine seeds should then be put in the hanging baskets. They are for the most hardy vines. The morning dory is easily cultivated and is exceedingly graceful in leaf and flower. It will grow j readily in any sunny window. Violets, early flowering snowdrops, I anemones, forget-me-nots, and primroses are the best plants for culture in outside window boxes. The. exquisite loveliness of the rose will'not permit it to be omitted from the window garden, notwithstanding it is with difficulty kept in a thriving condition. Tea and China roses are the bestjadapted for culture in boxes. For keeping plants healthy which are indcots at this season, close the windows of their room by three o’clock. Great attention .must be paid to their cleanliness to promote their rapid growth. Flower pots need washing on the outside weekly. Never leave water standing in

the saucers of the. flower pots. Water must be given to the plants plentifully in these spring months. Kain waler is aljvays best for vegetation. Stimulate plants once a week with .liquid manure. A large sponge is good for a watering pot for Lousii plant*. TLis-U-the month to prepare the ground for a successful crop of vegetables and flowers.