Unusual Flower Containers for the Home 



By Albert Marple 



IT is very evident to the person who 

 travels through the residential sec- 

 tion of various towns and cities that 

 little general effort is exerted to beau- 

 tify the homes by the use of flower 

 holders of various kinds and shapes. 

 The general public is apparently un- 

 aware of the effect the "business" spirit 

 of this day and age is having on the 

 general appearance of the homes of our 

 communities. There seems to be a feel- 

 ing abroad which sounds something like 

 this: "Anything will do for our homes, 

 so long as our business progresses." 

 This, then, may be 



an appearance in Southern California. 

 It continues entirely around the pillar. 

 While the pillar is "shaked," as is the ex- 

 terior of the home, the holder is of plain 

 material. It is eight inches square, fur- 

 nishing plenty of room for the growing 

 of many kinds of pretty vines. 



Another novelty in the way of a pillar 

 flower holder is shown in the sixth illus- 

 tration. This consists of a two-inch in- 

 dentation in the side of the pillar, be- 

 neath which is a ic-inch shelf and upon 

 which the flower pot is placed. 



In the eighth view is seen a flower 

 holder left in the 



considered as a sort 

 of appeal for 

 ''back to the home." 



The accompany- 

 i n g illustrations 

 show that there are 

 at least a few home 

 owners who do not 

 have business con- 

 stantly in mind. 

 They give a little 

 time to the beauti- 

 fying of their 

 dwellings, and as a 

 result their homes 

 generally are 

 prominent on their 



streets as a diamond would be if placed 

 among a number of black beads. Their 

 places have that "different" appearance 

 and are comfortable dwellings. 



Of the accompanying views the third 

 shows a pretty flower box which may 

 easily and at small expense be con- 

 structed against the side of a porch 

 pillar. The heavy beams, which consti- 

 tute the railing of this porch, continue 

 entirely through the pillar, and it is to 

 one of these that this flower holder is 

 fastened. It is made of one-inch boards 

 and is large enough to accommodate a 

 pretty leafed vine which, after growing 

 over the sides, hangs down against the 

 sides of the pillar. 



Another beautiful type of pillar flower 

 box is shown in the fifth view. This 

 is one of the very latest holders to make 



THE VIEWS APPEARING ON THE 

 OPPOSITE PAGE ARE AS FOLLOWS: 



(1) A Wooden Flower Box Adorning a 

 Porch; (2) Flower Box Placed on the Top 

 of a Stair Post; (3) Flower Boxes of 

 Different Designs which Lend Attrac- 

 tiveness to Bungalow Steps; (4) Two Old 

 Kegs Being Used as Pots for Plants; 

 (5) An Effective Flower Box Surrounding 

 a Porch Column; (6) Shelves and Niches 

 in Concrete Pillars, for Holding Flower 

 Pots; (7) Flower Pots Made from the 

 Bark of Trees; (8) An Odd Way of Plac- 

 ing Flower Pots Between the Porch 

 Posts; (9) Combination Bench and Flower 

 Box; (10) A Chimney Flower Box. 



top of a short pil- 

 lar. This holder is 

 twelve inches in di- 

 ameter and a foot 

 deep, and is sur- 

 mounted by four 

 porch pillars. 



A pretty flower 

 box for the beauti- 

 fying of the chim- 

 ney is shown in the 

 tenth illustration. 

 This box is about 

 nine feet in length, 

 a foot deep and 

 twelve inches wide. 

 The two supports 



are short sections of eight by eight 

 beams. The earth is put directly into 

 this box and in it are planted the ferns 

 and trailing vines. This serves to break 

 the plain lines of the chimney. 



In the fourth view is demonstrated how 

 a little foresight paid big returns. Dur- 

 ing the construction of this home the 

 builder saved several of the empty nail 

 kegs. After the building was completed 

 two of these kegs were painted to match 

 the home and now serve as fern holders 

 upon the front porch. 



That a very pretty flower holder can 

 be made out of ordinary sticks is proven 

 in the second picture. The material 

 used in this holder are plain eucalyptus 

 sticks, but when assembled in this novel 

 manner result in an attractive home or- 

 nament. 



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