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 %-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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