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plantsman, and making your heart bound with pleasure when you 

 see them taking the place you had long hoped they would. You 

 feel an honest pride in pointing out to your friends and acquaint- 

 ances the prize-winners of the day. Ah ! then you think there is 

 nothing so interesting as your little greenhouse ; and you work at it 

 again with renewed interest, determined to keep up the name you 

 have won, dreaming dreams of future success in the prize-list, if all 

 goes well till the next flower show. 



The fact is, every one in a country town or suburban district, 

 with a love for flowers, should get a miniature window greenhouse. 



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If you once have one, and be able to grow your plants well, it will 

 become a necessity of your life, and you will be surprised at the 

 interest you take in every plant within it. 



I will now try to direct you as simply as I can how to construct 

 one for yourself. You must first get a blacksmith to fix you up a 

 pair of iron brackets below your window. They should project out 

 two feet at least ; you must get them securely fixed, as the greater 

 part of the weight of your little greenhouse will lie on them. Then 

 you must fix a narrow three-quarter-inch board up each side of the 

 window, with a cross board above to tighten it, and have all close 



February. 



