Show Z I 1 ll 11 handicraft rt FOR J R G GIRLS IR 11 sill by DOROTHY TH PERKINS by A netty FLOWER BOXES FOR MOTHER nothing would please moth mother at better at this ume time it f the year I 1 know than homei homemade ade boxes for her tier win doar cr porch garden garam the flower how h ow shown la in ng I 1 breaks away from the freight straight lines ot of tho the grocery box type find nd Is of a plea pleasing qIng design for a window bill or for a dorch balustrade the moat most part portion of the th construction ii Is the preparation of the end endi A ng fig 2 in laying out oae oje of these V ces brat first draw a center line across 40 board it la Is to be cut oui of then each tilde of thia this line measure off tho the distances given and connet conne t the points with witti straight lines do be careful to get both sides of the center alike also both end pieces the box aides sides 0 ats fa g 2 should be cut inches wide by whatever wha length you want to haae the box mar aff upon t ta 4 end pieces the positions for tho aides sides locating them as aboin in fig 2 then nail with finishing nails nalls the bottom board 0 1 ng fig 2 fits between he the ides sides and must have its edges placed Q A ic i or sawed off on a bevel of the same pitch AS that of the box aides sides nail nall the de into the bottom board after you have havo built the box set the nail heads and putty all nail bples and joints the modern way of finishing boxes la to with a green or brown tain stain but if you bare have oil paint at hand a couple of coats of green brown or white will do the crate form of box in fix 3 la to similar to pie pe crates in gereral use for or shipping vegetables in it you can set get one of 0 these it will berve the pur pose excellently ezcell enily to mako make one you will need fourteen long strips arid 2 fourteen short strips trip thice of an inch square and of the proper lengths to produce the width and length of box that you want bore vore a ono elseth inch hole through h each strip two and one bait halt anchet from each end to assemble the strips run ft piece of 0 no 8 or heavier 1 wire through the bolea hot alternately through end anil and aldo side strips crossing them ice log cabin fashion fig fl 4 shows how the end of the wire should be turned up after it has teen run through the bottom strip trip mid ud fix FIA 5 shows how the tle turned HP up end be bent up to and twist cd ed around the other end of the wire abbots the top strip the box bott botts fig 6 should be cut cit to fit be between the bottom ide side strips line the inside of the crate dwer box with moss to prevent the earth filling from dropping dropp lne out the simple plant box in fie rig 7 1219 signed long the lines ot a tab ta aw X A can be made out ot of a soap box boil the corner legs logs are built up of two strips A and D B bibs S 3 and 9 and a square cap I 1 Is a nailed to the top of each cat cot trip strip A two inches ida and strip B enough narrower to allow tor for th ot the overlapping edge |