106 RUSTIC FLOWER BASKET. [JUNE. 



newed: it is then filled with fine rich mould, 

 and in it are plunged pots of all sorts of tender 

 annuals and green-house plants. 



I had previously made some holes in the 

 sides of the basket, into which holes I intro- 

 duced several trailing plants and creepers, 

 which look extremely pretty ; some peeping out 

 covered with different coloured flowers ; others 

 twining round the wicker-work; and others 

 hanging down, and in some places touching the 

 ground. To manage this well, I found it 

 necessary, when the basket was partly filled 

 with mould, to open the wicker-work a little in 

 places; and, after putting the plant inside, I 

 drew r it through the hole, leaving the roots only 

 in the basket, which I then continued to fill 

 with mould. 



The plants I have put in it are, first, Calceo- 

 laria rugosa, of which I sent you a specimen ; 



