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unmanageable old stump, or put a spot of 

 colour in some rough corner where few 

 things will grow, the way is easy. A bas- 

 ket stuffed with moss ; a tea-chest adorned 



MOSS BASKET. 



with pine cones or a tracery of old rope, 

 will fill very creditably either sphere. They 

 must be fastened securely in place, filled 

 with good earth, and stocked (not over- 

 stocked) with plants. Moneywort, peri- 

 winkle, ivy, or an ivy geranium, to trail 

 over the sides ; or failing these, nasturtiums, 

 thunbergias, even petunias will do. Ver- 

 benas are always pretty, and lobelias always 

 in place. Stone-crop is fine and useful too, 



