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are free bloomers, very showy, 

 and have exceedingly handsome 

 flowers, with rich colors. 



Fig. 4, is a sketch of a pretty 

 wire basket, filled with Ivy and 

 Ferns ; branches of the partridge 

 vine hang over the sides of the 

 basket ; the interior is filled with 

 moss, and over them all peep out 

 clusters of exquisite ferns. The 

 stems of the Ivy and the part- 

 ridge vine are all stuck into bot- 

 tles filled with water, and hid 

 away here and there in the moss. 

 The ferns had all been gathered 

 from the woods, and then pressed 

 out smooth and clean, and ar- 

 ranged gracefully, their stems 

 standing in the water of the bot- 

 tles ; the bottles are filled with 

 water every two or three days. 

 The Ivy has also grown from 

 only two or three little slips stuck 

 into the water, and has twined 

 its arms around and above the 

 cords of the basket, clear to the 

 very top. 



Fig. 5, is a group of Ferns of 

 great variety, gathered into a 

 wire basket of neat and simple 

 design. In the centre of the 

 group is one of the Dractenas, 

 having leaves of a brilliantly 



Fig. 6.— Flower Basket. 



shaded dark crimson — a class of plants always very handsome. 



Springing out of this is the Goniophlebium Subauriculatum, with its long 

 primate pendulous fronds ; the Cheilanthes Spectabilis, which delights in moist- 

 ure, warmth, and shade; other Ferns, such as the Maiden's Hair, (Adiantum,) 

 usually of large growth. The Athyrium, and many of the Spleenworts, (Asple- 

 nium,) are introduced here to form one of the finest styles of natural Hanging 

 Baskets we can suggest for imitation by our readers. 



Fig. 6, introduces a style of basket very suitable for bulbs. It is made of 

 wire, and the interior is lined with zinc. There is a small vessel beneath to 

 hold drippings from the hole for drainage. Zinc vessels are not always perma- 



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