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better still a wire may be stretched across from side to 

 side of the ■window to fasten the basket to and hold it 

 steady. And to go a little farther still, if you live in a 

 cottage, or on the ground flat of a house why should 

 you not have a tasteful little rockery built up to yoar 

 window sUl, so that your window box may act as the 

 crowning point of it ? Thus you could have Ferns, 

 Mosses, Rock and Alpine plants growing in conjunction 

 with your window display; the whole forming a 

 combination of flower and foliage that would be the 

 admiration of every one who had the pleasure of seeing 

 it, and reflecting at the same time no small amount of 

 credit on yourself. 



You will find the window boxes always one of the 

 richest treats in London. Some of the houses at the 

 west end are veritable gardens, every window being 

 full of lovely flowers. There you can study the tasteful 

 arranging of a window box in the highest style of the 

 art. No lover of flowers can pass through such streets 

 without being pleased and delighted, or leave them 

 without bringing away a serviceable hint stored up for 

 future use. 



