The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1907-10-27
ROOF GARDENS. THE REAL KIND
IgEIFlELES NOW RAISED On
TENEMENT NOT SETOPS.
Ilow crs ToO-N Least One Rockery an
y Tenement -Other Vegetable
Gardens I'm window B0xcs-Fres
Ilow crs and Plants and sick Chiidr, n.

lu. 81 town visitors viewing the Fast
,ae frorh sightseeing automobiles cy-
,..ned IN arna2ement many times las,
summer Al the number OF winfow flower
boxes visible in the tcneipents. Fire cs
r,ncs and all other available hedges held
many sor,s Of gardens.
Frequently they wee huge sunfowers
,ts' roulel heir gaudy Eeads almost Up
% ,hc rext story windows. Again, close
,u-i cc,ion might reveal swee. potatoes
rrov ing thriftily in one corner OF \ window
,,x. that portion not given up TO red gerGni-
ms 90 English ivy.
md roof vegetable gardens. winch natu-
ally wore not visible even from the lofty
drr, of . deep sea going rrhhcrneck coach.
or,c stared las. summer with grcaJ sue
90. Many ~fs'niIies IN the tenement quar-
49, have been able to supply their table
v,h frc,h Vegetables from them,
T. u to- The National Plant. Frgit and
t}uwrr Gnild that much cf this cultivation
~ lowers. plants and vegetables IL due.
III las leen the banner year Of the guilu's
>, scnrc and lust now The member are
,rtiius ,hc reward Of their labors, for
80 award Of prizes for the best KEEP;
~girW boxes aud back yard gardens IL
ieug made. As q CONSEQUENCE there
p, e~citeInent. and plenty Of il. among the
.,remeuf dwellers.
Nn,o ih.n tooo window boxes were
90. ip'ed '1St Immer and oit Of ;he
~.n't number orlv two have been found
y weeds in them. Aud ;his neglect
we oulv apparent. not intentional
FOR said each Of the women who owned
u".o hnv-s we though ! looked more
.tr ha country 10 have them in"
talv rnn back ward gardens were planted
4 ing Jh" season and scores nj them
p .rnd hr,gh;ly With u thrifty array or
.rg1 'Il fall hioesotns. ~ the last
p aN..'.. n particular, her" are some yards
o. were q no, OF color.
from various contres. chiefly from
grrlot So lemcn : and The like, the
ls'1uu .on rf flowers and plants is risd>
uv '- gli'd po,ted plans from bea,l-
.rIl con-erv arorIee frequently The choicest
Fl ,are 10 arc sem nv mombers or the
srDd. ~le-i'ies racka C"s or garden and
lowe ~eeds gla~ses or ielly larrels rr
irrt- ard vogetnhlar and bulbs.
lwoal tho wen lers rf tho guild a-c Mrs.
.nes R'oseynlt, who ia honorary rresi-
l.ut "f the .octatv; Mrs. &c., y. Morton,
~ VIVA '' NlF''|s W. 'T'4lhN " ' tl
tansselaar. Mrs. Charles =. A~lsN0nJar.
Nr. Ciarnnoe Nackay. Mrs. I~I"rter' sat
.erler aud Nrs Arthur ". Tulcr.
II Is almost pathetic, according a. Miss
Narston. III" official visitor for tho guild.
80 watch the kerA delight ,Rkan hy he
women and Children of the ienerrentG in
even tic smallest Coral Offering. With an
almost motherly caro- they viii watch the
..a.-. 4 $3.50, .J,.. H.. ..--- n
'resh Dir aud sunshine to which it has AL
vavs been accustomed.
Only two geraniums of all tho thousand.
gwen ont early in the summer have lied. =
Raid Miss Nlarston in speaking Of IN" sum-
mer's work. 81 think that is doing pretty
yell considering conditions.
No one not a visitor appreciates just
low much these bright blossoms and grow
ing plants mean 10 the jewellers in the tene-
uents. This is particularly true Of the
Unfortunate shutins.
For instance, there is q blind man who
makes his living. c~,riously enough, by tyne
writing. He has earned to use the type
writer really very well. He has learned
'ha location Of the letters and picks them
on as we'll "a a seeing person might do.
Athough he il not able to appreciate the
ioauty If the plants we have left with him,
they aNor1 him companionship.
Then there is q crippled woman who
p snakes her living by sewing. Sh delights
II t her window box, which cheers her mex
POSSIBLY during The long days when she
- alone and plies her needle. One Of the
.acial advantages Of window boxes is
hat he plants may ~" kept alive all winter
."l 80 continue TO give pleasure when the
yl'look in dull and cheerless.
One new feature naugurated this sum.
"r "a tho introduction Of roof garden
gatabIe leds. The idea originated will
. women themselves.
On many a tenement roof to-day you