CHAPTER V 
HANGING BASKETS AND PORCH BOXES 
The compost for the hanging basket must be made so 
that it will retain moisture. This may be done by 
mixing about equal parts of leaf mold and garden loam. 
Place moss or some coarse material in the bottom of the 
basket. If it is to be used 
out of doors, hang in a 
light place, but do not ex- 
pose it to the direct rays 
of the sun except during 
afew hours in the morning 
or late in the afternoon ; 
keep it in a protected 
place where it will not be 
exposed to drying winds. 
Give indoor baskets the 
same attention given to 
ordinary potted plants. 
The following plants are well adapted to either porch 
boxes or baskets: plants of drooping habit — variegated 
periwinkle, English ivy, maurandia, Asparagus sprengeri, 
German ivy, trailing fuchsia, wandering Jew, and oxalis ; 
erect-growing plants — sweet alyssum, petunias, begonias, 
pansies, and many different varieties of geranium. 
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Fic. 21. A Porch Box containing 
Petunias and California Poppies 
