RUSTIC FLOWER BASKET. 105 



larger pots : they must be put in a frame, or 

 under a hand-glass, till they have struck, when 

 they may be taken out, and transplanted into 

 larger pots. 



I have lately been employed in constructing 

 a very pretty ornament for a corner of my 

 garden; and as you may make one yourself 

 with very little trouble, I will explain how I 

 set about it. 



The main part is merely a round, flat basket, in 

 which some plants were sent from a nursery- 

 man: this is set on four short stakes, with some 

 crooked pieces of wood nailed on them, as rus- 

 tic work, in the same way as the rustic seats and 

 tables are made : these branches are fixed on, 

 to prevent the four legs having a formal appear- 

 ance : the inside is smeared with melted pitch, 

 to prevent its rotting: this, however, may be 

 dispensed with, as the basket is easily re- 



