The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-10-06
VEGETABLE WINDOW GARDENS.

IN The very near future.
GT0tery box window gardens are tho
only rsTreiShlHg fi,g fmIsss Of greenery that
parks except the big treeless waterfront
on, AuaQtic avenue, where the bathers
enjoy life, and there are no trees any
where to relieve the baroness of this
district. There are places where not a
sihs.e window gard n is to be Seen. and
again tno rare blank walls seem to have
blosS5omed ike an oasis 10 the midst Of
Sun-baked WretchedEesS. At the corner of
E'4eSt and Moon streets there is box
garden half way up the building, that is
sure to arrest attention, for it furnishes
The sundial of the way just here. The
pride of the window box is a tai sunf1oW.
Sr that Is now in blossom. When the
sun rises it turns It's face east and at
5he set Of sun the blaze of yellow petals
is turned westward At present this one
Ssunhower is the only Blossom that glad
denS this section Of the city There are
other boxes, to be sure, but no flowers
4he thrifty Italian mother is not " ling
10 use her handful of earth for saudy
show, but it is a means to supply her
with bit of luxury. Many Of the gardens
contain mint that grows up so rank and
Ftreet-Weary eyes. This mint is used in
savory sauces, and helps to make refresh
ing salads. Other gardens are devoted to
tomato plants that are very vigorous for
the boxes are usually high enough to
catch the sun, and they are wattred so
that zJleYer speck of dust ms their
Beauty That is one thing above all others
10 notice IN these box gardens that they
are always so freshly green and In such
NlNld contrast to the dusty buildings and
street. =
Italians, more than any other people,
value tomatoes, and each one that comes
10 perfection is as carefully tended as
though it were an apple of gold. Not
only do the housewives delight in the
fresh vegetables themselves, but, gen
orally speaking, those home tended
are better than any purchased in the
market, and so each one is jealousy
spaghetti, without which no Italian Sun
day would be Sunday. One SoapboX gar
dener one season sold enough tomatoes
to give her quite little pin money No
one who knows the Italians well will be
surprised to learn that many of the boxes
are devoted to peppers, for they in truth
furnish much of their spice of life and
even the little Italian girls know how
TO stuff and cook them in a dozen diff
ferent ways that tempt the palate
One box is different from all other
boxes i'll that it contains green corn. The
stalks are growing finely, and no palm
could wave it's leaves more triumphantly.
indeed, the corn is quite decorative
some fine morning in August the little
Italian woman with gold rings cleaning
in her tiny ears, will lean out of the
window and gather green corn enough to
Sarye her lord and master for dinner.
Another kitchen. garden grown in a
.SOapboX is full Of pansieS and lettuce
and still another, fun of scarlet runners,
fC-ms a screen fer the room within.
At eventide and again in the morning
these mimic gardens are watered. Some
times it is an old womans pleasure to
sprinkle the plants; again it is a child's;
but usually 1t Is a mother with a baby
in her arms, AMI another little head
peeping over the box to see If she does it
.right.-BostOn Transcript.