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A WINDOW PLANT BOX. 



Fig. 1509.— a Window Box. 



THE usual boxes set in the window 

 on a broad shelf or a bench have 

 manifest disadvantages, inasmuch 

 as they are liable to be tipped 

 over and to warp with the constant 

 wettings necessary for the growth of the 

 plants in them. Then, too, if more 

 water is used than the earth will ab- 

 sorb kindly, there will be the drip — 



drip — dripping so 

 trying to a careful 

 Martha's soul. The 

 illustration given 

 here does away 

 with all these diffi- 

 culties. It is fitted 

 to the window sill 

 and supported by 

 strong iron brack- 

 ets, and is virtually 

 immovable. A zinc 

 tank is fitted into 

 the box and pre- 

 ^p3^ vents any leakage 

 at all. It can be 

 made easily at any 

 tinsmith's and with 

 small expense. It 

 is well to have the 

 sides of the box 

 widened out into 

 shelves for the ac- 

 commodation of any small pots desired, 

 and there may be two little round 

 brackets at each side of the window 

 just above the shelves. The whole 

 thing may be made ornamental to the 

 room by using wood that has a pretty 

 grain, with more or less modest orna- 

 mentation in the making. — Webb Don- 

 nel, in American Gardening. 

 30 



