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ORNAMENTAL GARDENING. 



the needed air and liglit, may allow a great deal of gar- 

 dening above terra fir ma. 



Of such gardening, that done in outside window 

 boxes and portico boxes is the most common, because the 

 little gardens are easily prepared, are adapted to every 

 place, and generally prove very successful. Figure 108, 

 showing one of the former, will give an idea of the man- 



Fig. 108. — ^WINDOW BOX WITH CLIMBERS. 



ner in which these are made and arranged. For win- 

 dows, a box is made, measuring for inside dimensions 

 five inches and upwards deep, and the same in width, 

 and of a length corresponding to the width of the Avin- 

 dow, the sill of which it is to set upon. Portico boxes 

 may be the same as . regards width and hight, but the 



