The Possibilities of a City Flat 



Where one has a window opening on to an air 

 shaft or a court that gives no view but infringes 

 one's privacy a delightful screen which will not 

 deprive one of too much light and air, but effectu- 

 ally screen the window is made from a box the 

 length of the window-sill, fitted with double 

 casters to allow it to be moved from place to 

 place. A long rod or wire, long enough to extend 

 upright as high as the screen is desired, cross 

 over and return on the other side, should be fitted 

 into the end boards close to the back by boring 

 holes with a drill the size of the rod for nearly 

 the depth of the wood and the ends of the wires 

 firmly sunk in them. The frame is then covered 

 with wire netting or twine and the box planted 

 to some light, graceful vine like the asparagus 

 plumosus nanna, the manettia vine, claroden- 

 dron, but the plumosus nanna is an excellent 

 choice. Such a screen is very convenient and 

 ■artistic between two rooms where it is desired 

 to leave a door open for air, but desirable to 

 screen the contents of one of them. 



It is the summer flat, however, that offers the 

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