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or more inches, according to the size you desire. They must be about an inch 

 in diameter, and a hole should be bored with a gimblet an inch from the end of 

 each stick. They are put together in log-house fashion, one stick lopping over 

 the other, and a wire with a loop on the upper end is passed through the holes 

 at each corner, and bent up on the under side. A piece of board an inch thick 

 is then fastened to the sides for a bottom, and the spaces between the sticks 

 should be filled up with moss. Small iron chains suspend such baskets, and 

 rich soil from the woods is the best to grow the plants that will twine round 

 the chains and wreath them. Ribbons can be used if desired. We have seen 

 more than fifty of these baskets suspended from the roof of an orchid-house, 

 and the effect was exquisitely beautiful. 



A cocoanut affords a very pretty miniature basket. Leave the husk on, and 



Fig. 13. 



saw off about one-quarter of the nut; dig out the meat, and bore holes through 

 three sides of it. The stem end is the part to be sawed off. Tie cords into the 

 holes. There are many articles lying about every house that could do duty for 

 hanging baskets. Worn out fly-covers can be lined with moss or cartridge paper, 

 and when rilled with soil and beautiful plants they produce as fine an effect as 

 many a more picturesque affair. We saw one but recently covered with 

 the golden flowers of the Moneywort, mingled with the bright blue of the 

 Lobelia, and the Zebra-striped leaves of the Tradescantia, all growing luxuri- 

 antly, and making a humble cottage window a picture of grace and beauty. 



Ox muzzles are within the reach of every country girl, and when painted 

 green and lined with moss they form most desirable baskets to suspend from 

 piazzas or trees. They will hang from the trees all winter, and in the spring th 



