AND WINDOW-BOXES 



since it has proved to us that we need not go 

 without flowers even if we haven't anything 

 but a city back yard to grow them in." 



Of course the flowers in this back-yard gar- 

 den were not up to the standard of the profes- 

 sional gardener in any respect; but that was 

 not to be expected, because of existing condi- 

 tions which could not be fully overcome. But 

 they were, all things considered, eminently sat- 

 isfactory, for they proved, as my friend said, 

 that it is possible to grow flowers under difficul- 

 ties, if there is a will to grow them. Next 

 summer this back yard of which I have written 

 which is a veritable and not an imaginary 

 one, as some may think will be in better con- 

 dition to grow plants than it was last season, 

 and a greater measure of success may be ex- 

 pected. It was an object-lesson to those who 

 saw it, and I venture the prediction that there 

 will be several back-yard gardens in that vicin- 

 ity the coming summer. 



LET me sum up the important items which 

 the foregoing has attempted to make 

 plain for the benefit of the back-yard gardener : 

 Make the soil as fine as possible. Work it over 



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