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glossy, bright leaves, pure white flowers, and bright, coral-hued berries making 

 it quite an acquisition to the list of trailing vines. 



The Coliseum Ivy and Smilax are used perhaps more universally than any- 

 thing else. They are grown from seed readily. 



The Gazania Splendens makes a hanging basket exquisite in beauty ; reaching 

 down one to two feet from the basket, and blooming ten times better than it does 

 in the open ground. 



Among other good trailers are the Ivy-Leaved Geranium, Linaria Cymbalaria, 

 or common toadflax, Lysimachia, Nummularia Folea, the common Moneywort, 

 single Petunias of free habit, Tradescantia bicolor, or zebrina, the purple and 

 bronze leaves of which are admirable to mix with the trailing stems of Vinca 

 Elegantissinia and the variegated Ivies. 



Of the Ivies, Hedera Latifolia Mactdata is really superb if grown in a poor 

 soil, in moderate shade, and abundantly supplied with water all the summer. 



Mesembryanthemums do far better in hanging baskets than in pots, but are 

 truly splendid plants when planted in a rich, sandy soil, with plenty of drain- 

 age, and fully exposed to the blaze of summer sunshine. A hot, sunny conser- 

 vatory is a good place for them. 



Mikania Scandens will clothe a basket in a few weeks with its most elegant 

 foliage of light green hue, and rich glistening surface. It should be moderately 

 shaded, and kept in a cool atmosphere. 



The Polygonum Suaves, somewhat like the Dioscorea, is a free growing trailer 

 of very neat habit, producing hundreds of little flowers, which emit a powerful 

 perfume. 



Tile Sedum Sieboldii is unsuitable in the open air. When placed in baskets 

 and grown under glass, or in the conservatory, it will spread rapidly, bearing an 

 abundance of its chocolate-oolored flowers, while the glauceous hue of its succu- 

 lent leaves presents a most striking appearance. 



Plants of Upright Growth. 



Here you have a large list to choose from. Usually only one plant should be 

 chosen if the basket is of moderate size. If the basket is very capacious, and 

 you are bound to have a magnificent collection, you may combine all three 

 classes, climbing or trailing plants, or those of upright standard growth. 



You may select any of the numerous varieties of the Fuchsia, with their grace- 

 ful, bending drops of bloom. Petunias, single or double. Heliotrope, always 

 agreeable for their fragrance. Carnations, sweetly scented, blooming freely 

 every month. The Neapolitan Violet, or the modest yet lovely little Chinese 

 Primrose. The Cyclamen Persicum, with its curious flowers and valuable 

 foliage, the popular Geranium. The Daphne Odorata, which will fill your 

 room with its sweet odor ; or you may arrange around the edges of the vessel 

 some Hyacinths, Crocuses or other bulbs. If you want plants of ornamental 

 foliage, you will naturally turn to some of the numerous varieties of graceful 

 Ferns or Lycopodiums. The Dragon plant Draccena Terminalis, has blood 



