URNS AND BASKETS 



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Fillings for Urns and Baskets 



Garden baskets are so pretty that there should be more of them. 

 A strip of fine meshed wire netting bent into a perfect round or 

 oval, 12 inches high above ground and sunk two inches in the earth, 

 will quickly give the outline. Paint this brown, fill up the space 

 inside with drainage stuff, preferably broken bricks, inverted turves, 

 then good loam mixed with leaf mould and old manure, and the 

 basket bed is ready. An improved effect is gained by making a 

 criss-cross fencing of natural branches round the outside of the 

 wire, and also an arch to represent a handle. Charming urns can 

 be bought in rustic style, or a lard bucket painted green and mounted 

 on wooden legs is by no means to be despised. Suitable fillings for 

 baskets and urns are suggested below. It is important to make the 

 soil firm about the roots, otherwise growth will be weak and 

 blossoms will be few. 



