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over these several inches of fresh wood ashes. Water poured into 

 the cans, leached through the ashes, combining a complete fertilizer 

 and system of sub-irrigation. The cans were often artfully con- 

 cealed 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 cannot accomplish. 



