GARDENING FOR LITTLE GIRLS 
people call it, in both the green and the variegated, 
looks and does well in wall pockets or when grown 
on a window sill in a fine, thin glass. Smilax is 
also recommended for the window garden, and will 
grow in quite shady places, though it needs to be 
trained up. All the ferns and green plants men- 
tioned are likely to prove more satisfactory than 
the flowering ones to the amateur doomed to live 
in sunless rooms,—which, however, can be made 
most attractive with what is suitable. 
SIMPLE INDOOR NOVELTIES 
The prettiest kind of a little hanging basket is 
made by cutting off the top of a big carrot, care- 
fully scraping out the inside, running a cord 
through holes made near the rim, and keeping it 
full of water. It will soon resemble a mass of ferns. 
A lovely little water garden for the dining-room 
table is made by slicing a 34-in. thick piece from the 
top of a beet and a carrot, and laying them in a 
shallow dish or bowl, with half an inch of water,— 
to not quite cover the slices. Set in the light for 
a few days and you will have soon a beautiful mass 
of feathery green and sword-like dark red foliage 
that will last for months. 
Grape fruit pips will sprout in a bit of soil 
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