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THE WINDOW BOX IN SUMMER 



Ey E. I. FARRINGTON 



FLOWER boxes which have been started 

 early, often begin to look ragged and 

 forlorn when mid-Summer comes. The rea- 

 son lies in the fact that the supply of plant 

 food in the soil has been exhausted, and un- 

 less it is replenished the plants will die. It 

 is well to apply a light coating of well-rotted 

 manure at once and several more before the 

 close of the season. Another plan is to be- 

 gin watering the plants weekly, and oftener 

 if necessary, with manure water, about the 

 color of weak tea, which may easily be 

 made by purchasing a few cents' worth of 

 pulverized sheep manure of the nearest flor- 

 ist or seedsman. Bone meal may be used, 

 but the manure water is rather more de- 

 pendable. 



In order to keep the flowers blooming, 

 no blossoms should be allowed to go to seed, 

 but should be picked as soon as they show 

 signs of passing. It is necessary to give 

 water in great abundance, for soil in a plant 

 box dries out much more quickly than that 

 in the open ground. It usually is necessary 

 to water the plants daily. If they are al- 

 lowed to get dry and wilt, it is not always 

 easy to revive them. As a rule, it is well 

 to have several holes in the bottom of the 

 box for drainage, but this is not really neces- 

 sary if the box has a sunny location, and is 

 not feasible when it is on a window ledge 

 over a street. In such a case, water should 

 not be given in excess, although a window 

 box exposed to full sunlight is not in much 

 danger of over-watering. It is wise to have 

 drainage holes if the box is in a shaded 

 situation and filled with such plants as Be- 

 gonias, Gloxinias, Ferns and Palms. 



Window and porch boxes mav be started 

 at any time until Summer is well advanced, 

 for started plants of Geraniums, Nastur- 

 tiums, Vinca, Ivy, Zinnias, Cobaea Scandens 

 and other sorts may be purchased. When 

 received they should be planted promptly, 

 with as large a ball of earth as possible, and 

 given plenty of water. If the roots are 

 bared, the earth should be worked around 

 them with the finger or a stick and the sur- 

 face of the earth in the box should be made 

 low enough so that water will not run off 

 when applied in liberal quantities. 



As a box on the porch or window is usu- 

 ally somewhat sheltered, and often holds 

 much of its beauty until late in the season, 

 it pays not to neglect it when the garden 

 beds show signs of passing. A little nurs- 

 ing of the box garden will help to continue 

 the flowering season several weeks. And 

 if one feels that he really cannot part with 

 the blossoms, the box mav be taken into the 

 house, an inch of the soil replaced with rich 

 earth, and a little sheen manure given, and 

 the plants will ?o on blooming for some 

 time — a breath of Summer indoors. 



A STRANGE IRONING PROCESS 



A WRITER traveling in Egypt con- 

 tributes to the Wide World Maga- 

 zine a description of a curious sight he 

 witnessed in Cairo, men ironing with 

 their feet! 



Except for the long handle, the irons 

 were shaped like the ordinary flatiron, 

 only larger. A solid block of wood rested 

 on the top of the iron, and on this the 

 men placed one foot, guiding the iron in 

 the desired direction by means of the 

 handle. For the sake of convenience, 

 ironing-boards were raised only a few 

 inches from the ground, and, however 

 strange the method may seem to us, the 

 work was done very well and expeditiously. 



Soldering and 

 Brazing 



for nearly all metals, including 

 such difficult ones as cast iron and 

 aluminium, have been the subjects 

 of hundreds of paragraphs in the 

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1673— Full Instructions for Mending or Welding 

 Cast Iron, gives both brazing solders and fluxes neces- 

 sary. 



1713— Brazing Cast Iron and Other Metals, gives 

 detailed instructions for the whole operation, and for- 

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1040— Aluminium Solders, gives several formulas 

 in use when aluminium "was almost a new thing in the 

 arts. 



1644— Soldering and Soldering Processes, gives 

 broad general information, and contains in particular, a 

 method for pulverizing solders and alloys of great use. 



1667 — Some Soldering Appliances, describes the 

 blow-pipe and the furnace in their various forms, 



1481— Soldering of Metals and Preparation of 

 Solders gives many formulas for soft, and hard solders 

 and fluxes. 



1610, 1622, 1628 contain a series of three articles 

 on solders, covering the entire range of solders for all 

 metals. No. 1628 contains formulas and instructioas 

 for soldering aluminium. 



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by various processes is treated very 

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1384 — Lead-burning — describes an oxy-hydrogen appara- 

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1 754, 1 755 and 1 756— The Oxy-hydrogen Process 

 of cutting and welding metals is a series of covering the important 

 application of this remarkable process. 



1646 — Oxy-hydric Welding, gives a description of 

 processes and cost. 



1 775 — New Gas Fusion Process, describes the Koeln 

 Muesener improvement in oxy-hydric apparatus. 



1680 — The Oxy-Acetylene Process, sets forth the uses 

 and cost of this system. 



1434— The Garuti Process of Generating Oxygen 

 and Hydrogen, describes an economical way of making and 

 using these gases for welding. 



1305, 1447, 1480 on " A luminothermy " or 

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