WINTER GREENERIES AT HOME. 



wood- work are cleanly enough, but are exceedingly wood- 

 en. The earthen, or terra-cotta, pots or basins are in 

 many respects the best, and can 

 easily be obtained in all sizes, 

 shapes, and colors, glazed or un- 

 glazed. For obvious reasons, the 

 smaller sizes should be deeper in 

 proportion to their diameter than 

 the larger ones. Give the pre- 

 ference to such as will not topple 

 over when you set them down on 

 a table, as you will often have 

 occasion to do. 



The chains commonly used in 

 suspending them are so incon- 

 venient, that you will do well to 

 substitute strands of wire stiff 

 enough to keep their place, and 

 give support to ''climbers." For 

 this purpose, copper wire of the 

 size of a coarse Tmitting-needle is the best. It will not 

 rust like iron, and is so flexible that with a pair of nip- 

 pers, or pliers, you can fashion it as you choose. Cut the 

 pieces several inches longer than you desire 

 them to be when attached to the pot. In 

 order to make them better supports, form 

 knots or loops at intervals of three or four 

 inches. Do this by winding the wire once 

 or twice around a common lead-pencil, and 

 giving the pencil a turn or two to fasten the 

 loop. Instead of a ring for the upper attach- 

 ment of the strands, use a hook made of 

 heavy iron wire, in the form of the letter S, 

 with bottom curve closed. This method of 

 arranging the wires and hook is shown in 

 figure 10. You can then hang the basket upon a loop 



Fig. 10. WIRES AND HOOK. 



Fig 11. 



SUSPENDING. 



