FOR THE HOME BEAUTIFUL 181 



PORCH AND WINDOW BOXES 



DOES the house sit directly up to the pavement, 

 and is the front severely plain? Even so, a deco- 

 rative scheme is by no means a hopeless case, for 

 remember, "let flowers look up in every place in 

 this beautiful world of ours." And they do fit into 

 every imaginable place, there to bring brightness, 

 beauty and good cheer. 



Ugliness and severe plainness is changed into 

 charming beauty with a dainty green Window 

 Box on each window sill, filled with charming, 

 blooming plants and graceful trailing vines and, 

 best of all, the cost of such decoration is not by 

 any means prohibitive, even for the average home. 



Likewise, for any home, the effect of beauty is 

 heightened if Porch Boxes filled with dainty plants 

 and vines" are setting on the rails or attached 

 directly to the front of the porch floor. Especially 

 is this so where houses are built semi-detached or 

 in rows, and setting back several feet from the 

 pavement, with just a wee speck of lawn in front. 



The boxes may be constructed at home by any 

 handy persons, and should be made of good white 

 pine or of cypress, painted within with a tar paint, 

 and grass green on the outside. Or if one desires, 

 metal boxes may be purchased, some of them of 



