The Busy Woman s Garden Book 



the sliding screens are used that may be pushed 

 up out of the way, the boxes may be planted and 

 cared for from the inside with little fatigue. 



Hanging baskets add much to the charm of 

 sun room and porch, but are difficult to care for 

 as usually arranged, but if instead of hanging 

 from a short chain from a hook in the ceiling or 

 cornice of porch or sun room, the basket is at- 

 tached to a stout cord passed over a pulley and 

 the free end provided with a couple of rings to 

 hook over hooks in the side wall or pillars to hold 

 it at the desired height it can be lowered on to a 

 table for attention with little trouble. The moss- 

 lined wire baskets are the best for this purpose; 

 they retain moisture and are free from danger of 

 breakage. If a pail of water is placed on the 

 table beneath them and the basket lowered into 

 this and allowed to remain until the soil is thor- 

 oughly soaked, then raised sufficiently by one of 

 the rings to drain away all surplus water, the 

 plants will be in the best possible condition to 

 grow and bloom. 



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