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in flowers with a great number of dead or dying 

 blossoms still on their stems. 



A flower box for the kitchen window or back porch 

 will be likely to get plenty of attention from the 

 kitchen worker. It is so easy to care for flowers 

 when fork and water are at hand, and the laborer 

 in the kitchen is entitled to the pleasure to be 

 derived from cultivating flowers. 



A good depth for an indoor window box is twelve 

 inches. The bottom of the box should be covered 

 with stones and broken pottery to give drainage 

 and this should be covered by a layer of moss to 

 prevent the soil from working down through the 

 stones. The drainage and moss should take up 

 about three inches of space. The greater the body 

 of soil above the moss, the more uniform it may be 

 kept as to moisture. The soil should come to 

 within half an inch of the top of the box. 



The indoor window box should be made to just 

 fit the window. To get as much light as possible it 

 should be level with the window ledge. There 

 should be a drip pan beneath to keep the water 

 from soiling the floor. 



A permanent method of tagging flowers with their 

 names is to write the name on a small slip of paper, 

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