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"That must have been extremely interesting; and, speaking of the woods, I wish you would say to Thomas that so soon as he can find time I want him to bring up some of that rich wood-soil and put it around those geraniums." This was the first time my grandmother had interjected any remark into my recitals.
Now put a layer one inch deep of broken charcoal and potsherds over the bottom, and then soil, in the following proportions: Two fourths wood-soil, such as you find in forests, under trees. One fourth clean sand. One fourth meadow-soil, taken from under fresh turf. Mix with this some charcoal dust.
Where the means do not allow even so small a conservatory, a recessed window might be fitted with a deep box, which should have a drain-pipe at the bottom, and a thick layer of broken charcoal and gravel, with a mixture of fine wood-soil and sand, for the top stratum.
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