. The school garden book. School gardens. INTRODUCTION these water-tight boxes with absolutely no provision for drainage or the escape of surplus moisture from the bottom. Evaporation takes place so rapidly from the upper surface of the soil that, with any reasonable common sense in water- ing, there is no danger of the souring of the soil or of the checking of the growth of the plants. In watering it is only necessary to pour in enough water about twice a week to saturate the soil and then to leave it until the surface has become dry again. These boxes should be re-en- forced around the top w
. The school garden book. School gardens. INTRODUCTION these water-tight boxes with absolutely no provision for drainage or the escape of surplus moisture from the bottom. Evaporation takes place so rapidly from the upper surface of the soil that, with any reasonable common sense in water- ing, there is no danger of the souring of the soil or of the checking of the growth of the plants. In watering it is only necessary to pour in enough water about twice a week to saturate the soil and then to leave it until the surface has become dry again. These boxes should be re-en- forced around the top with a strip of wire, and if they are very long another wire should run across from side to side in the middle. They can be made by any tin-smith, and when complete should cost about one dollar apiece. They should be painted on the outside, and at least part of the way down on the inside with dark-green carriage paint. When thus ready for use they are to be filled with rich loamy garden soil, whereupon they may be utilized in growing almost any sort of plant that will thrive in-doors. Instead of being made of zinc alone these boxes may be made of wood and lined with zinc. The wood may be finished to harmonize with the wood-work of the room. Very attractive boxes may be made of old cedar White Hyacinths in Paper Pot Set in Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Weed, Clarence Moores, 1864-1947; Emerson, Philip, 1865-. New York, C. Scribner's Sons
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