The New Practical Window Gardener. 21 



first will out-last a dozen •wooden ones. I once saw an 

 excellent contrivance for window plants in pots, or to 

 have them planted out. The contriver was a tailor by 

 trade, and a man extremely fond of flowers. Outside 

 the window where he sat at his work he had contrived 

 to arrange quite a little flower garden of a most 

 interesting description. He had two iron brackets 

 fixed below the window, and a zinc box placed on 

 them full a yard wide, the sides being nearly a foot 

 high ; this he filled with good soil, after providing 

 ample drainage, and there all the season through he 

 kept up quite a grand display of flowers. I often 

 admired his window box and the good taste he displayed 

 in arranging it. In the spring it was quite a treat to 

 see his box when his bulbs were in bloom. He was 

 a happy little man, and a true lover of flowers. I often 

 think of him with his little garden and reflect how 

 much people could do in that way if they would only 

 try, or could have seen the splendid example of my 

 tailor friend. 



