give skctchos of vory pretty patterns made of pottery ware, which or siniilar, may 

 be had of the principal horticultural stores in the large cities. Some very handsome 

 articles may also be made for the • ame purposes out of branches of trees ; Oak, Cedar, 

 or of some durable wood. Common boards may even ]jc nailed together, and 

 taste and ingenuity exercised in covering it with bark, or the scales of Pine cones. 

 In these vases, and in the partial shade aflforded, the following plants will thrive 

 well, reijuiring but little water or other attention; and at the approach of winter may 

 be taken down, and hung in the parlor, hall or entry, to add an additional charm 

 to domestic pleasures for the rest of the year. 



1. Linaria cymbalaria; (^Ivy leaved Sncqidragoii.^ Well known to European 

 travellers from its frequency on the walls of shaded ruins. It is a delicate 

 and graceful grower bearing a profusion of small purple flowers the whole season. 



2. Lysimachia numularia (^Yellow creeping Loosestrife) h'ds n \ cry pretty habit 

 of growth in its slender stems and small opposite leaves, bearing as it grows in their 

 axils yellow flowers about the size of gold dollars. 



3. Saxifraga sarmentosa (creeping Saxifrage.) Its foliage is very prettily veined 

 and marbled, and the spikes of white flowers it throws up, are curious as well as 

 handsome. 



4. Fragraria Indica; (Jl/bc/i; >S'<rauJerry.) Its fruit though as insipid and tastele.=s 

 as the food of ghosts might be supposed to be, is so very pretty, and it does so well 

 in the shade, that there are few things I would sooner recommend for our 

 purpose. 



5. Vinca major; {Large periwinlde.) An evergreen with leaves one and a half 

 to two inches long by one broad, and large blue flowers opening only in the spring; 

 best adapted for large baskets. 



(3. y. minor, (Lesser periwinkle.) Smaller every way than the last; yet very dis- 

 tinct and handsome. 



7. V. perenne, (Creepijig periwinkle.) A very distinct species, with long 

 slender creeping stems, small leaves, and small very early blue flowers. 



8. Cereus flagelliformis ; (^Cats tail or creeping cereus), — grows well in the shade 

 in summer, and when removed to the parlor in winter, flowers well near the light of 

 a window. 



9. Scdum Sieboldii; (Siehold's stone crop)) with pale puq^lc flowers and glaucous 

 leaves ; requires little water or pot-room, and is well adapted for a small vase. 



10. Sedum acre; (^Yelloiv stone croji, or " IjOvc entangle"), doing well in either 

 sunshine or shade, and a most abundant bloomer. 



11. Viola odorata arborea, (Tree vio?e<), which, with strong central stalks send out 

 numerous slender branchlets, hanging over the sides of the pot or basket, and bear- 

 ing a profusion of very sweet double blue flowers. 



12. Calystegia pubescens, (Double convolvulus). A pretty flowering plant and 

 not likely to be so much objected to on account of its creeping roots here as in the 

 open ground. 



Epigea repens, (Ground laurel^, a hardy evergreen with deliciously scented 

 white flowers, very pretty. 



