. American cookery . short time the sponge willbe a hanging garden of vegetation. Keepit well sprinkled, but not too wet, elseit will become a nuisance. Sometimes when our eyes are awearyfor green grass, we fill a couple of bakingpans, shallow ones, of course, with a layerof earth, then sprinkle oats over the moistening well, we set the pansdown in a shady corner of the a few days we bring them up to thewindows, and set them where the morningsun will coax them into a veritable carpetof green. In a few days the sight that greets usis one for sore eyes. A miracle hashappened.
. American cookery . short time the sponge willbe a hanging garden of vegetation. Keepit well sprinkled, but not too wet, elseit will become a nuisance. Sometimes when our eyes are awearyfor green grass, we fill a couple of bakingpans, shallow ones, of course, with a layerof earth, then sprinkle oats over the moistening well, we set the pansdown in a shady corner of the a few days we bring them up to thewindows, and set them where the morningsun will coax them into a veritable carpetof green. In a few days the sight that greets usis one for sore eyes. A miracle hashappened. There is an even growth ofthe fresh young oats that appears to bean expanse of well-kept lawn, and we sighfor the springtime. Have you ever known the joy of grow-ing an English Ivy? To be exact andspeak in botanical terms, AmpelopsisVeitchii. The catalogues make no mis-take when they tell us that it is thegrandest climbing vine in is all this and more. Purchase aboutfour young plants and set them on two. MINIATURE GREENHOUSE OF OUR EMBRYO FLORIST OWNING ONES OWN 415 brackets on either side of the window ofyour living-room. In a few weeks thetender shoots will become more ambitiousand they will want to travel beyond thewindow to behold the great world. Amirror somewhere in the vicinity of thewindow may have the ivy trained roundit for a frame, and the rich, glossy leaveswill soon reflect in the glass. The boy in our house, who loves toexperiment in the growing of plants,especially in the winter time, has builta miniature greenhouse minus the glass,which he can slip on and off his plantswhen he waters them. This embryo?florist has transformed an old billiardtable into a greensward, its sides builtup to form sufficient depth for soil andthe growing of his pets. It is a cleverconceit, and one that we all enjoy alongwith him. It is he who whittles our birdand bunny sticks for planting in our sev-eral window-gardens, while Little Sister paints them from her little water
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