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How to Make a Flower Garden 



floor of this window is half a foot below the level of the window-sills. A 

 second floor resting on brackets is flush with the sills. This makes an air- 

 space under the pots, which keeps out much of the cold. The balcony also 

 gives good protection, else we should have to take greater precautions against 



A successful window garden 



sudden changes in temperature. The only heat the garden receives is from 

 the room. We have had no trouble with the cold, however, but rather 

 the reverse, and have to hang a sheet on the outside of the window to 

 subdue the intensity of the sun. 



In the window we have a floor space four feet long by one and a half 

 feet wide. In this we have raised and brought into bloom eighteen pots 

 of bulbs and half a dozen pots of various kinds of flowers. 



