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Cut it into lengths, make a small loop at each end, and drive a 

 copper nail into the block at each end through the loops. The 

 block is then ready for the plant. Have ready some nice green 

 moss ; fix the plant on the upper part of the branch ; hold it 

 there, and place some of the moss around it, and then tie the 

 moss and the roots of the plants firmly to the branch with some 

 fine copper wire. With a pair of scissors clip off any loose moss, 

 leaving the plant in a neat tidy state. Then suspend it from the 

 roof, either on a long iron rod well painted, or on large-headed 

 copper nails driven into the rafters. The logs should hang down 

 at least eighteen inches from the glass, so that none of the leaves 

 will be close to it. Here they require no further care, excepting 

 syringing, on which point I shall speak more fully hereafter. 



IN BASKETS. There are not many species that will thrive in 

 a greenhouse temperature that require baskets ; but as there are 

 some which the reader will find grouped together hereafter, I 

 must briefly describe the kind of basket that will grow them best, 

 and the mode of making those baskets. Rods of Hazel about 

 the thickness of a man's finger are as good as any, and most 

 easily procured. The baskets should be made of a size suitable 

 to the size of the plants : one four inches square is suitable for 

 the smallest plants, and two inches increase of size will answer for 

 the next size of plant, and so on as the plants are or become larger. 



I prefer baskets made of rods of Hazel, or any other wood 

 most easily procured, to any other material. Kods well dried 

 are better than green ones, because they are not, so liable to 

 split. Cut the rods into suitable lengths ; pare the ends smooth, 

 and bore holes with a wire borer through each end of the rods> 

 Then cut some copper wire into four suitable lengths, make a 

 loop at one end of each so that it will not slip through the holes ; 

 then lay two rods parallel to each other, and upon them lay 

 three others. Nail these to the two rods, and then you have the 

 bottom of the basket in a form something like the bottom of a 

 raft. Turn this over, and then lay two other rods, to form the 

 other two sides. Draw the four wires through the holes at the 



