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THE GARDEN MAGAZINE 



April, 1907 



The Anglais Table Deco- 

 ration for Arranging 

 Cut Flowers 



Naturally the ANGLAIS TABLE DECORATION will 

 he at once appreciated by lovers of flowers. The ANGLAIS 

 TABLE DECORATION is made up of two low colonial 

 glass vases, one crescent and one rectangular in form, each 

 containing a JAPANA CUT FLOWER HOLDER ready 

 for use. (See Note.) 



It takes 6 Cres. to make a circle. 6 Cres. and 2, 4, 6 or 8 

 RECT. to make an oblong according to the size desired. 

 The Effects Possible are Limited Only by the Possessor 



NOTE— The JAPANA is a solid piece of glass full of 

 holes allowing a perfect circulation for the water and holding 

 the flowers in their natural position (the Japanese idea of 

 beauty) . Being of glass the JAPANA does not show when 

 in water and flowers last much longer. 



6 Cres. 2 Rect. with Japana $6.00 

 AN OVAL ARRANGEMENT 



Centre Piece in Use. 



Low Vase with "Japana" com- 

 plete $1.00 



"Anglais" units with Japana com- 

 plete, each - - - - 75c. 

 Circular on application. Sent 



upon receipt of price. 



M. V. GARNSEY, LaGrange, III. 



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at ten cents each are no good, for this pur- 

 pose, for we have proved that they will not 

 bloom all summer. 



We got good results from the window- 

 boxes. The first prize was won by a cripple 

 boy who raised his flowers in a window 

 that never received any direct sunlight. He 

 has had tuberculosis of the hip since baby- 

 hood and lives with three other children and 

 his parents in a two-room rear tenement 

 that faces north. The second prize was won 

 by a woman of seventy. 



Humanity quickly becomes degraded in 

 tenement districts for want of ideals higher 

 than those of the mere pleasures of the mo- 

 ment. The workers who pass through those 

 hot, vile-smelling, noisy streets ought to have 

 something pleasant to look at and think 

 about. Flowers make for unselfishness. "I 

 didn't think I'd have a window-box," said 

 one woman, "but when you told me it would 

 be as good for my neighbors as for me, I 

 thought I ought to have one." 



Next year we hope to have some one who 

 loves flowers and has raised them under such 

 conditions go about among the poor people 

 and show them how to multiply their own 

 plants and raise flowers in the winter. We 

 hope to see a box of flowers in every window 

 in New York City. As the movement 

 spreads, more people will be able to pay 

 the full price for the box. But all this costs 

 money and we should be very glad to have 

 contributions from anybody. 



Send $1.25 to-day to the treasurer of the 

 society (Anita Lawrence, 70 Fifth Ave.) and ■ 

 you will have the pleasure of knowing that 

 you have made life happier and better for a 

 whole family. 



/Ul 0O/)fW3 AM 

 fy " Tfi/Crt 



An easily made window box. Will accommodate three 

 geraniums, two ivies and & wandering Jew 



If you want to make the box yourself, here 

 are the measurements: Outside body 30 

 inches long; base 31 inches long; bedy 7 \ 

 inches wide at top; base 5^ inches wide; 

 inside 20 inches long, b\ inches wide at top, 

 4! inches deep, 5 inches wide at base. Use 

 1 -inch boards. Paint dark green outside and 

 half-way down inside. To fasten it in place, 

 get four screw eyes (two for the box and two 

 for the window casing), and a yard of wire. 



The ideal box should have several gcod- 

 sized holes bored in the bottom for drainage, 

 but we were afraid of drip on the buildings 

 and consequent complaints by landlords, so 

 we contented ourselves with merely putting 

 in a few stones for drainage and the flowers 

 have done well. By the kindness of a dealer 

 in fertilizers we were able to give a package 

 of pulverized sheep manure with each box. 



New York. A. L. F. 



