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the balcony this arrangement is scarcely necessary. They may be 

 of any size for indoors, but for balconies outside they should always 

 be large and roomy. Very pretty hanging baskets can be made 

 of knots, gnarled tree roots, or pine cones nailed over a small wooden 

 box and varnished. Materials for this style of basket are easily got 

 in the country, and they can be purchased ready-made in the towns. 

 An extremely pretty hanging plant stand may be made by drilling 

 holes in the corners of an encaustic tile, and fixing wires or small 

 chains, or even twine, through the holes, and meeting above, with a 

 hook to suspend it from a nail in the centre of the window recess. 

 On this little stand, a plant of linaria, convolvulus, or Aaron's 

 beard, can be placed, which will droop down with the prettiest 

 fragile green wreath imaginable. I have a golden variegated variety 



OKNAMENTAL PLANT CASE WITH FOUNTAIN AND HANGING BASKET. 



of the linaria which is quite a gem for pots or hanging baskets. A 

 very pretty little table ornament can also be made with three sticks 

 of equal length, joined to form a tripod, and covered with tinfoil. 

 A small basket, covered with the same material and suspended from 

 the centre, could have a pot of selaginella, toad-flax, Aaron's beard, 

 or small fern, placed within it. This is an extremely elegant device, 

 having the appearance of a real silver tripod. 



Brackets of various designs are greatly used in room decoration, 

 to cover bare walls near windows, and in draping picture-frames 

 and mirrors. They are made of earthenware, wood, wire, virgin 

 cork, and zinc. When you wish to drape a picture-frame or mirror, 

 the zinc brackets should be used and hung at the back of the frame 

 to be concealed from view ; in them the common ivy grows well, 



