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forming, as it were, a floral ribbon linking the house and 

 grounds to the garden. A careful effort will prevent the 

 blank spaces of earth between clumps of perennials and 

 under the shrubbery. The evergreen candytuft and 

 dwarf phlox, the starworts and anemones, day lilies 

 and hardy ferns face the shrubbery gracefully. These 

 plants and others of a similar habit creep over the 

 ground, crowding out weeds and keeping the earth 

 above the roots moist and clean. 



THE WINDOW Box 



When Leigh Hunt wrote a chapter of classic prose 

 on "A Flower for the Window" he met an echo of in- 

 timate feeling from the hearts of many who had owned 

 a potted plant or cherished a window box. No one 

 can care for flowers without accepting the rewards of un- 

 selfishness. Their dependence admits them among the 

 daily duties, and their joyful appearance in blossom 

 spreads delight about them. 



Among window boxes, as in the majority of the affairs 

 of life, there are the matter-of-fact and the personal. 

 The first relate to decorative arrangement and the latter 

 to little companies of flowers whose diversity is a matter 

 of individual taste and enjoyment, and which under 

 proper conditions, though lifted away from Mother 

 Earth, will thrive on an insecure foothold in pots or re- 

 ceptacles perched on window sills. 



