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THE HOME GARDEN,\ 
about two feet in depth and width, and as much longer 
than the window as can be easily reached from side to side. 
Into the box should go, first of all, six inches of broken 
rock or stone for drainage; then three inches of broken 
bones and leather; oyer this, a rich, light loam. On the 
Window-Box. 
front edge may be planted with good effect verbenas, 
thunbergia, gilia, mignonette, and maurandia, with its deli¬ 
cate hanging tendrils. 
The little plot of ground between the house and the 
street, called indiscriminately “courtyard” and “area,” 
even when scarcely more than a yard in depth, is capable 
of results in the way of gardening that would never be 
dreamed of by those who make no more ambitious attempt 
than a crop of grass. Sometimes the area is large enough 
for the cultivation of shrubs and small trees, and with 
careful pruning these can easily be kept within bounds, 
but it is always large enough for vines and window-boxes. 
