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pleasing. Fig. 40, is used both as a hyacinth or bulb 

 pot, or as a bouquet holder, the interior being pre- 

 viously filled with sand. The sizes vary from twelve 

 to eighteen inches high, and consist of from three to 

 five apertures for placing the bulb. They are usually 

 well drained beneath. 



Fig. 39, is a rustic pot of about nine inches high, 

 resting upon a dolphin base six inches high. The sides 

 of the pot are ornamented with a grape vine running 

 around, and clusters of leaves and fruit. 



Fig. 38, is a wall ivy basket about eight inches high, 

 and proportionate height, intended to hold earth and 

 a plant of Ivy, which will grow and clamber up either 

 the sides of the room, or over the door if the pot is 

 hung near. Two pots of the same design, might be 

 very appropriately hung, one on each side of a win- 

 dow out doors, and the Ivy as it grew, be trained grace- 

 fully over the sides and top or the front of the house. 



Windotv Boxes. 



If the window should happen to be in a rece.ss, the sills may be occupied with 

 boxes. Almost anything will do if clean. A wooden trough lined with lead or 

 zinc, may be constructed to hold a considerable quantity of earth, and here 

 climbing plants may grow and root, and be trained in profusion over the 

 entire window. The Coboea is often used for this purpose, and after it has 



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Kig. 39. 



Fig. 40. 



