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window. It may consist either of a single plant or 

 of a group of plants ; and these may either be 

 growing in the basket, or growing each plant in its 

 own pot, which is concealed amongst moss in the 

 basket. Inasmuch as plants in baskets must be 

 taken out of a room to be watered, we do not recom- 

 mend that plants should be grown in the baskets, 

 believing it to be better for the plants, and more 

 convenient for the grower, that baskets should only 

 be used as receptacles for plants growing in pots. 

 This remark applies to wire baskets more particu- 

 larly (Fig. 5, a). 



Very pretty hanging baskets are to be had in 



height required. These are to be kept in their 

 places by wires passed through holes made at the 

 l)laces where the strips overlap. 



Jardinieres. — This word is used to designate 

 movable stands, or other receptacles for plants in 

 pots. They are of various fonns, and made of all 

 kinds of materials. 



Those most commonly used are made of wire, 

 of which Figs. 7 and 8 are good illustrations. The 

 manufacture of these is a trade in itself, and is one 

 that is not at all difficult to learn ; the tools re- 

 quired are few and cheap, and the designs which any 



Fig. 5.— Hanging Baskets. 

 A, Wire. B, Cliina. c, d, Eartlienware. 



other materials. China or earthenware baskets, of 

 the j)atterns shown in Fig. 5, b, c, d, are to be 

 prefeiTed to baskets made of wire or wood, as they 



Fig. 6.— Mode of Building a Wooden Basket. 



are more durable than wooden ones, and do not re- 

 quire to be lined with moss as wire baskets do. If 

 wooden baskets are used, they should be provided 

 with a zinc lining. Baskets of a light description 

 may easily be made out of a number of square or 

 round strips of wood, of equal length, laid across one 

 another as shown in Fig. 6, and built up to any 



one possessed of ingenuity and good taste could 

 invent are endless. 



A more useful form is that made of wood, which 

 may be described as a tray, or lidless box, with four 

 legs. If the sides of the box be decorated with 

 china or glass panels, or covered with tiles, it forms 

 a very ornamental piece of furniture for a sitting- 

 room. The box should have a zinc tray fitting into 

 it, and in this the pots can be stood without injury 

 to the woodwork. We need hardly remark that the 

 pots should be concealed from view by a layer of 

 fresh green moss laid over them. 



Under the title of Jardinieres we may also include 

 china or glass bowls supported upon metal frames of 

 various heights, which are useful for holding a plant 

 in a pot, or for cut flowers, as shown in Figs. 9 

 and 10. The former is chiefly suitable for placing 

 in a wdndow, in which position it has become very 

 familiar ; the short form is adapted to a much wider 



