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flowers and the cheerful appearance they give to your 

 dwelling. 



How delightful and interesting to the eye is a well 

 filled window box ! What a cheerful aspect it gives to 

 a street or square in a city or town where every other 

 window is gay with miniature flower gardens. Many 

 are the loving looks cast upon them by the passers by, 

 who admire them at a distance, envious of the favoured 

 ones who have the delightful pleasure of attending to 

 them. 



It is a treat at almost any time of the year to pass 

 along some of the streets and squares of London where 



EUSTIO WINDOW BOX WITH ENAMELLED TILES. 



window gardening is carried on to some extent. There 

 it is evident window gardening has become an institu- 

 tion, for it is quite a common thing to see the fa9ades, 

 windows, balconies, and areas of the houses gay with 

 the richest verdure and glowing with all the colours of 

 the rainbow, causing one to wonder that people who 

 see it do not go and do likewise so far as their circum- 

 stances will permit ; and I am sure window gardening 

 in our towns and cities could be carried on to a far 



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