140 VINES 
most common method for making the veranda 
attractive. There is here a great opportunity 
for the display of ingenuity and taste. Instead 
of having the baskets filled by the florist get a 
few plants and fill them yourself. It means 
very little trouble, lessened expense, and, very 
often, more desirable results; in fact, after you 
have tried it once, you will always prefer to be 
independent of the florist. In preparing a hang- 
ing basket for planting, if there is no hole in the 
bottom, bore one with a three quarter-inch bit. 
Cover it with a piece of broken flower pot, then 
spread about one inch of sifted cinders in the 
bottom ; cover these with moss or similar material 
to keep the soil from sifting through, then fill 
with good, rich soil. 
Let the use to which you are going to put the 
basket determine the kinds of plant used; if you 
want flowering vines for a good, hot, sunny loca- 
tion, a good combination is Maurandia scandens 
var. alba and any of the morning glories (Ipomeea). 
Thunbergia alata will work in well with any of 
the nasturtiums (Tropeolum) using Euonymus 
radicans or English ivy for green in both cases. 
Another good vine in bright sunshine is eccre- 
mocarpus, which combines well with the cypress 
vine (Ipomea Quamoclit), since it affords a 
