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set over another and filled half full of fresh bones, and 

 poured into the cans, leached through the ashes, combin- 

 ing a complete fertilizer and system of sub-irrigation. The 

 cans were often artfully concealed from sight, but they 

 were there as the foundation of an enterprise. By their 

 use and the employment of vertical space for the plant 

 extension, this little mite of a city back yard was made into 

 a pretty greenery without interfering with its function as 

 a clothes-drying yard on Mondays. When one sees such 

 things he is led to wonder whether there is anything which 

 Will and Work and Water can not accomplish. 



