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wires or chains, and 

 the hanging basket 

 is ready for use after 

 Hning with pieces of 

 moss to that soil may 

 be retained. The 

 same type of wire 

 basket may also be 

 purchased. Special 

 hangers may be 

 bought which can be 

 attached to the or- 

 dinary flower pot, 

 converting it into a 

 •hanging basket. They 

 are useful for speci- 

 men Ferns or trailing 

 plants. 



Concrete Boxes 



Concrete boxes or 

 urns are very heavy 

 but are good, the 

 main difficulty being 

 that very simple de- 

 signs 'are essential, 

 otherwise the boxes 



Concrete window box as an integral part of the 

 building ; in this case a garage 



appear very clumsy. If very fine sand is used in their manufacture, 

 or when given a fine finish, they are very attractive. 



Wicker Window Boxes 



For either indoors or outside, the wicker window boxes present a 

 good appearance. They are excellent filled with Boston Ferns and 

 cost from $3 to $15, according to height and length. Excellent long 

 plant baskets 'are now offered for sale by all florists which are very 

 handy to place upon the window sill. For the indoor window garden 

 receptacles made of plaster of Paris^ are rather pretty, but are very 

 easily chipped and broken and are not to be advised. 



ExceUent boxes are made up entirely of Geraniums, the tall va- 

 rieties for the background and a row of the Ivy Geraniums for the 

 front. Nothing is more effective than a box composed of pink and 

 white Geraniums, never pink and red. Fuchsias can be used hkewise 

 in combinations of several varieties. 



