BACK-YARD GARDENS 

 AND WINDOW-BOXES 



HEN I not long ago visited a 

 friend who lives among hud- 

 dled city houses, a thought of 

 green things growing in the 

 fragment of a back yard 

 which it was my privilege to 

 enjoy made me wonder if it 

 were not possible to do something to improve 

 the condition of things in some of these substi- 

 tutes for a real home, and one day I suggested 

 to my friend the advisability of making an 

 experiment in that direction. "It seems to 

 me you might grow a few common flowers," I 

 said. 



"I wish I might/' she responded, "but I 

 don't believe anything would grow in a back 

 yard. I don't see how it could. The weeds 

 won't, and if they can't flourish, how could you 

 expect flowers to? " 



" Let's look it over," I said, and we went out 

 to take observations. The prospect was far 

 from encouraging, I had to admit. There was 



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