1915. 
THE bi-UK^h, NEVV-VUKKEK 
435 
Gardening in its Infancy 
Pakt II. 
Window Gardening. —I visit, nearly 
every Autumn, friends in a suburb of 
Cincinnati, and I find there something 
which I have never seen elsewhere, nor 
seen mentioned in the papers. It is a 
substitute for a refrigerator to be used 
in cold months of the year, and is simply 
a box with the cover removed and 
fastened, open side inward, to the window 
sill outside. A shelf is put in and when 
the window is raised there is a two- 
slielf cupboard in which may be stored 
anything which it is desirable to keep 
cool. In houses kept at 50 degrees and 
above at night, and with a furnace in 
the basement, such a fixture is very 
useful and convenient. A similar box 
arrangement may be used for a miniature 
greenhouse if furnished with a glass 
top. An ordinary water-tight dry goods 
box costing less than half a dollar is 
the best thing to build with, and may 
be prepared by carefully removing the 
top. This open side is to be placed to¬ 
ward the window, with the lower side 
resting upon the sill. It is better that 
the box be just wide enough to go inside 
the window casings, and then it can be 
fastened in place my wood screws in each 
side as well as in the sill. A box longer 
than the width of window can be sawed 
at one end and the head replaced. The 
heads of dry goods boxes have battens 
nround edges which hold them together 
and give extra nailing surface. The cut 
shows a box head and also a dotted line 
where the heads must be sawed off to 
give pitch to the roof. If the box is 24 
inches the drop should be about eight 
inches. Remove the batten at the top 
and then saw as shown by dotted line 
and from a piece of the top nail on a 
batten inside, one-quarter of an inch 
down. Then nail on each gable a cornice 
or cap four inches wide projecting inside 
the batten half an inch. This will leave 
a rebate in which to slip a double-thick 
glass 1(1 inches wide and the proper 
length to go in. 
Ventilating and Glazing. —There 
will be about 10 inches of roof to complete 
by nailing on part of the cover and seeing 
that it meets the lower edge of the upper 
sash closely. There will be a space of 
about three-fourths of an inch between 
the glass and roof which will do for 
ventilation, and may be stopped by slip¬ 
ping a piece of board with nails to handle 
it by and prevent its slipping down. 
With air admitted from this opening and 
the window sash raised, more or less 
complete ventilation can be had at any 
time and this will be very necessary if 
the window used faces the south. A 
front-side light may be had by leaving a 
six-inch strip at the eaves and removing 
enough of the box to take in a 12-inch 
row of glass. This may be single 
strength, and if the box is 22 inches wide 
two 12x16 lights may be used. Double 
strength 16x32 glass will cost about $1.25, 
and the smaller panes about 25 cents 
each. Such an arrangement is a perfect 
miniature greenhouse, and is as much 
superior to a box on the inside window 
sill as a greenhouse is better than a hot¬ 
bed. It is not necessary for the box to 
go inside the window' casings, but it may 
be six or eight inches wider, and butt 
against the outer casings. In this case 
a flange must be nailed to the edges so 
it can be attached to the casing. Corner 
irons used by carriage makers may be 
used, placing them in a horizontal posi¬ 
tion and fastening to the box with small 
bolts with wood screws into the casing. 
Screw-eyes ns large as the holes will ad¬ 
mit are better than screws, as. they can 
be turned in without a driver, and when 
the box is taken down for its Summer’s 
rest they may be strung on a cord and 
attached to the bracket, and will be at 
hand when needed the next year. If the 
box projects as much as 24 inches, a 
couple of braces underneath, running 
down to the house sill will make sure of 
the box not tearing from its moorings. 
This box as described will cost about 
two dollars in addition to a few hours’ 
labor, and if there are children in the 
home it will be a constant source of 
interest and education in the Spring 
months, when there are many days when 
they are kept inside. 
Advantages of the Box. —Of course 
it must be understood that such a 
window garden is only practical when 
opening into a well-heated room, and 
with a southern exposure. Such a box 
gives light overhead and permits plants 
to grow stocky and straight, the same 
as in a greenhouse. Moreover, it is out¬ 
side the room, and any litter or drip can 
be kept clear of the carpet. Most modern 
window's will give a clearance of 32 
inches between casings, and if the box 
is 24 inches deep there will be a clear¬ 
ance of 26 inches the other way. This 
will give room for three light flats with 
an inside measure of 10x25. Cubes of 
pasteboard with or without bottoms are 
now used by most gardeners, and such 
flats would take 40 each if of 2%-inch. 
Of 1 y% there would be 96, or 20S alto¬ 
gether. When it is borne in mind that 
cabbage, cauliflower, beets and lettuce 
may be set outside with a slight protec¬ 
tion at night early in April, and the room 
used for peppers, eggplants, and all 
kinds of flowers, the capacity of such a 
simple and inexpensive window garden 
can be realized. The 1^-inch distance 
is that generally used by plantsmen who 
furnish the stores, and with cubes the 
plants are not disturbed in planting out. 
A 114 size answers nicely for marigolds, 
Petunias and other flowering plants sown 
April 1. if only two or three seeds are 
sown to a box, thinning wliea up to one 
plant each. 
A Woman’s Window Garden. —More 
than 40 years ago I knew of a modifica¬ 
tion of the hox described used by an Eng¬ 
lish woman living in the suburbs of a 
city, and the use she made of it shows 
that even a profit can be realized in such 
a tiny garden. Her father was a hot¬ 
house seed grower in England, and she 
was the wife of an American carpenter. 
It was at a time when very wide pine 
boards were cheap, and used for every¬ 
thing, and especially for boot boxes. 
From the sides of these which she got for 
nothing she made the sides of her window 
garden as well as the bottom. She had 
a narrow board fitted under the top sash 
to fill out even with the casings and to 
this was hinged the lower sash, taken out 
for the purpose. The sash moved freely 
up and down, and at the height which 
would just give a projection sufficient 
for eaves a board was nailed across the 
front on which the roof-like window rest¬ 
ed. By raising the window at the outer 
edge ventilation could be had to any ex¬ 
tent. She had her father send her some 
earthen seed pans of a size which would 
economically fill the window, and thus 
she was able to start her flowers, so that 
she would have bloom w'eeks ahead of her 
neighbors. She was a great admirer of 
the Ilex Begonias, which she called “ele¬ 
phant's ears,” and had several plants of 
the most showy varieties. These are 
easily raised from cuttings of the leaves, 
and as many as a dozen can be started in 
warm sand by cutting up a single large 
leaf. In June, after she got her flowers 
out, she filled the pans with lake sand 
and rooted Begonias, Fuchsias, and ger¬ 
anium cuttings, which later on she sold 
to visitors and neighbors. 
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