84 WINTER GREENERIES AT HOME. 



SIDE-BRACKETS. 



Pots placed on brackets attached to the sides of the 

 window at different elevations have all the advantages of 

 hanging baskets except the middle position. As any com- 

 mon earthenware pot may be so used, only the brackets 

 need description. The kinds generally kept for sale by 

 dealers in florist's goods are, of course, the most elegant. 

 Some are fixed or stationary, others swing on pivots and 

 are therefore more desirable. An iron arm projecting a 

 foot, more or less, terminates in a disk 

 or cup to hold the pot, and several 

 such arms or cups are sometimes united 

 in a single bracket. But a cheaper and 

 very convenient bracket can be made 

 by any blacksmith : it has somewhat 



the shape of the capital L, and is de- 

 Fig. 12.-BBACKET. gigned to be hun g upon a nai ] or kn()b? 



against the wall or window-casing, the horizontal part 

 being simply a ring into which the pot is set. It is 

 sometimes made, like fig. 12, with two unequal rings, 

 either of which may be so used. 



A similar one, and quite as good, as shown in fig. 13, 

 you yourselves can make out of strong wire, which should 

 not be less than one-eighth of an inch in diameter. First 

 bend it around an inverted pot of the desired size at a 

 point midway between the top and bottom, and, having 

 thus formed the ring, bend the wire so as to bring it to- 

 gether for a horizontal arm about two inches long ; then 

 turn at a right angle one part downward for a brace, and 

 the other upward for attachment to the nail or knob. 

 The lower part forming the brace should be bent in the 

 shape of a circle or triangle, so as to rest flat and firm 

 against the wall ; and the upper part should terminate 

 in a small ring or hook for the nail. Bind the arm with 



