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plants nine inches is high enough for the posts, and that 

 well-seasoned one-inch lumber is heavy enough not to 

 warp if it is painted inside and out, and it is not too 

 heavy to lift. 



By the way, better paint the joints before the sides are 

 nailed together. It makes them more water-tight. Four 

 screws at the corners will make them still tighter. 



The scholars raise lettuce, parsley, onions, and strawberries, 

 and all kinds of small plants, as well as flowers, in the winter ; 

 and when the plants get too big or two crowded for the boxes, 

 they are separated and transplanted into other boxes to be 

 taken home. 



This was so successful that we devised a big window box 

 which is suited for home use also ; it is just as wide as the 

 window and half as long again as it is wide. But this box 

 does not stand outside on the window sill ; if it did, the plants 

 would freeze. One end only rests on the inside window sill 

 where it gets the sun ; the end is supported by two legs of 

 the same height that the window sill is from the floor. 



When a nice warm day comes, the other end of the box 

 is pushed out of the window and the sash closed down on it 

 to keep it from falling out. A couple of cleats or nails in 

 the window jamb help to hold it in place. 



Of course, the box has to be watched and taken in if it 

 turns cold, but it's astonishing how much can be raised and 

 how much more can be learned out of season by the school 

 desk boxes and the home window sliding boxes. 



Try it and see for yourself. 



The children can learn as much about some things from a 

 box 2X1 ft. as they can from a children's garden. Here 

 are a couple of samples of what the kids themselves in a city 

 school think of it. 



