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10 • NEW CASTLE NEWS, WEDNESDAY, MAY 29, 1946 Right In Your Own Back Yard BOX to MlATCtf 'HOOP EOCtNC BOZB pumas/tow No. 10-Window Boxes Simple metal window boxes are very inexpensive to buy in any hardware store. However you can make your own. And as is generally the case, the ones you build yourself have that added touch that gives individuality to your garden and home. In mak ing window boxes keep in mind that they are primarily contain ers for flowers and plants and should therefore be as simple as pissible so that the flowers and their color will dominate the box. The width of a window box should be the same as the window. Depth of about 8 inches is adequate for most plants and an equal distance from front to back. The soil should be kept an inch lower than the top of the box, to avoid spilling over. Drill holes in the bottom one inch in diameter for drainage. Keep them near the outer side so that dripping water does not run down the front of your house. Use redwood, cypress or cedar for the construction as these woods withstand water. Coat the inside with plain creosote each year and the boxes will last indefinitely. Brackets of wood, or simple steel brackets are the best to use. These can be fastened to the house with long screws. It is not wise to attach the window boxes directly to the house for they are then difficult to remove for refilling and painting. When ever you have boxes on the second floor windows, be sure to secure them to the brackets so they can't fall on someone's head. Window box planting is a matter of personal taste but there are a few simple rules you should observe. Keep the planting effective by using as few materials as you can. Plants such as petunias, ageratum, vinca, geraniums, pot marigold, lobelia and any of the succulents are practically foolproof and good material to use where an occasional day's neglect will not ruin your planting. Keep a weather-eye out for the windy side. Wind is ' the deadly enemy of flowers in boxes, and if you need a spot of added color paint the containers in some gay hue that harmonizes with the garden. In winter months, take out the soil and replace it with peat moss or wood shavings and fill the containers with evergreen branches and berried branches. Replace the berries as the birds take them with cranberries and small pieces of suet to keep the birds friendly and well fed. The Garden Shopper The planting of window boxes is an opportunity for gardeners to use originality in choosing and arranging the plants. In mak ing selections it is important to keep in mind the exposure they will receive. Plants suitable for full sun include trailing balcony and bedding varieties of pe tunias, alyssum, geraniums, ver benas, ageratum dwarf zinnias, and lobelia with trailing plants such as English ivy, morning glories and variegated vinca major. These plants, together with others suitable for window boxes, may be obtained at Wind- crest Farms on Broadway in Thornwood. For semi-shade or shade, the selection is somewhat limited, but the Hillside Florist on King Street in Chappaqua has a gene rous number of'decorative plants. Fuschias, colorful and distinc tive, are from 35 to 50 cents each. Tuberous-rooted begonias start at 50 cents, the larger sizes selling for $1.50. Efordi bed ding begonias are 25 to 50 cents. Droopers for shade are pandan- us, 75 cents to $1 each, dracaena, 75 cents to $2 and German ivy, 25 to 50 cents per plant. It is well to remember that although these foliage plants may seem high-priced, they last through out the season and do not re quire replacement. Those who are perplexed about foundation planting will find that the large family of yews offer many species and varieties from which to choose. The spreading Japanese yew (Taxus cuspidata) grows with a vigorous spreading shape, but may be kept in bounds by yearly prun ing. It is a good choice to grow alone to fill a large area or in front of taller plants in borders, large foundation plantings and garden backgrounds. Gleason's Nursery on North Bedford Road in Bedford Hills has choice speci mens starting at $7. A new poison for rodents, sodi um fluoroacetate, is so poisonous that a pound contains several hundred thousand lethal doses for rats, yet the compound is practically tasteless to rodents. HOW TO GET DEPENDABLE GARDEN INFORMATION FREE FOR DECORATION DAY GERANIUMS BEGONIAS PETUNIAS And Other Flowering Plants WILLIAM WEBER, Greenhouse Greeley Avenue Chappaqua, N. Y. Memorial Day, 1946 37 East Main Street Mount Kisco, New York Mount Kisco 5656 3. 5. Write to your State Agricul tural Experiment Station. Consult with your local Coun ty Farm Bureau Agent. Write to the U. S. Depart ment of Agriculture, Wash ington, D. C. Visit your local nurseryman for good advice on plants. Go to the Public Library, Horticulture Dept. Send for catalogues of na tionally known seed houses. Fall is artificially produced for cotton plants by dusting with' calcium cyanamide so that the leaves drop off giving mechanical cotton pickers a chance to work effectively. COMPLETE Nursery Stock All types .and sizes of sturdy shrubs and trees. GLEASON NURSERIES North Bedford Road Bedford Hills Phone Mount Kisco 5681 Gardening Service Landscaping and General Work ESTATES SMALL OR LARGE One to Six Days a Week Or Steady Summer and Winter Rates CORTALANO BROS. White Plains Call Evenings—Gladstone 949 FOR A BOUNTIFUL HARVEST — buy our transplanted Vegetable Seedlings Cabbage, Broccoli, Lettuce 40c doz. Cauliflower .. . 45c doz. TOMATOES IN VARIETY—45c doz. Strawberries from $4.00 per 100 up Red Currants 40c ea. Grapes: Red, White, and Blue Varieties 40c ea. Red Raspberries, strong canes—28c ea. WILLIAM WEBER Greenhouse Greeley Avenue Chappaqua, N. Y. CHAPPAQUA COAL & FEED CO., Inc. Telephone 158 L. L. Kopp NOW AVAILABLE CEMENT and SAND and LIME WEED KILLER COOKING CHARCOAL SHERWIN-WILLIAMS PAINTS VIGORO fertilizers INSECTICIDES AGRICO fertilizers GAINES DOG FOOD LAWNSEEDS choice-highgrade ARMSTRONG DOG FOOD MEMORIAL DAY SPECIALS Geraniums Begonias English Daisies Ageratum Variegated Vinca Fuchsia German Ivy Petunias Sweet William 50c ea. 10c ea. 25c a basket 10c ea. 45c ea. 45c ea. 25c ea. 45c doz. 25c ea. Hardy Lilies (Holland Grown) Lily Henriyi $1.25 ea. Lily Rubrum $1.50 ea. (Pot-grown) Marigolds 45c doz. Verbena 15c ea. (All colors) Asters 50c doz. (Wilt-resistant) Candytuft 50c doz. Dianthus 60c doz. (Westwood, New) Snapdragons 60c doz. Painted Daisies 50c ea. Honeysuckle (red) $1.00 ea. Honeysuckle (white) 50c ea. Oriental poppies 25c ea. Hollyhocks (double) 35c ea. ALL KINDS OF VEGETABLE PLANTS WINDCREST FARMS PERENNIAL GARDENS Broadway, Thornwood Phone—Pleasantville €23
