HANGING BASKETS. 



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moss, and being thus very open, and allowing of com- 

 plete drainage, are best suited of all for the well being of 

 the plants. A recent invention is the 

 "Balloon "hanging basket, (fig. 28), 

 the trellis part of which is formed of 

 strips of steel; some are so arranged as 

 to hold a common flower-pot. Many 

 beautiful forms 

 are made from 

 pottery ware, 

 colored so as to 

 imitate stumps 

 of wood and 

 other objects. 

 Thousands of 

 these baskets 

 are used in some 

 of their differ- 

 ent forms, and 

 many grow their plants in no other way, as plants are not 

 only more easily managed in these, but many varieties so 

 cultivated make a more graceful 

 growth than is possible when they 

 are in pots. In hanging baskets, 

 the fall, or Dutch bulbs, of all 

 kinds, can be grown, giving them 

 exactly the treatment recommend- 

 ed for growing in pots on page 36. 

 When hanging baskets are hung 

 on the veranda or porch in sum- 

 mer, a great quantity of water is 

 usually required, as the dry air 

 surrounding the basket on all 

 sides generally drys up the soil. 

 The simplest way of watering 

 them when dry, in summer, is to immerse the basket in a 

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RUSTIC HANGING BASKET. 



Fi s- 27 - 



WIKE BASKET. 



28. BALLOON FBAMH. 



