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taste or means of the owner. As the hoxes are usually 

 too high up to allow of a close examination, and the sides 

 soon become draped with dropping plants, an ordinary 

 box of pine, as in fig. 29, will answer as well as a more 

 expensive one; as it is exposed to the weather, and the 

 weight of the earth is considerable, it should be put to- 



Fig. 29. PLAIN WINDOW-BOX. 



gether very firmly. Having procured the box, then let 

 a tinsmith make a lining or box of zinc that will exactly 

 fit inside of it ; this needs only a few tacks at the upper 

 edge to hold the zinc to the wood. A more expensive 

 box, (fig. 30), is made of wood, lined with zinc, and the 

 exterior covered with ornamental tiles, which are kept in 

 place by a proper molding at the margins. A box of 

 this kind may be covered with floor oil-cloth, and if a 

 proper pattern be selected, it cannot at a few yards off be 

 told from the much more costly tiles. Many of the streets 



Fig. 30. WINDOW-BOX ORNAMENTED WITH TILES. 



of London and Edinburgh, during the summer months, 

 present a pleasing appearance, that cannot fail to inter- 

 est even those who have no taste for flowers. The plants , 

 used are mainly such as we recommend for hanging bas- 

 kets, those designated for shady positions being used on the 

 shady sides of the streets, and those for flowering on the 

 sunny sides. These window gardens in summer produce 



