outer rim of the basket could be planted with English Ivy ( Hedera 
Helix), or Trailing Myrtle ( Vinca); these to be used for draping 
over the edge of the baskets. The filling can be made up of Pan- 
sies, Forget-me-not or double English Daisies. 
It is, however, during the summer months that the best results 
can be obtained with hanging baskets. There is a wealth of ma- 
terial from which to choose, and innumerable combinations of 
plants may be adopted. 
A few plants that can be used to good effect are suggested in 
the following notes. In every case the plants mentioned should 
not be placed out of doors until all danger of frost is past. 
The Boston Fern and its varieties, which are mainly forms of 
Nephrolepis exaltala , make excellent basket plants for shaded, 
or partially shaded, situations. They must be removed to a con- 
servatory or house before cold weather comes in the fall. A 
well-grown plant will easily furnish even the large-sized baskets. 
“Mother of Thousands’’ ( Saxifraga sarnientosa) by itself 
makes a good plant for shady situations. It has almost round, 
green leaves, variegated with silvery white, the under sides of 
the leaves being purple. The plant produces numbers of slender 
runners, with young plants upon them, after the manner of the 
strawberry. These runners hang over the side of the basket, 
completely covering it. 
The “Kenilworth Ivy’’ ( Lin aria Cymbalaria) is another plant 
that can be used by itself or in combination with other plants. 
It is a plant having small, ivy-like leaves and purple flowers. 
This is suitable either for sun or shade, and will stand frost. 
An effective combination for a shady position is made up of 
the trailing Lobelia (L. speciosa) around the edge; a few plants 
of Begonia Rex, a variety having beautifully variegated leaves, 
and for a centre plant a small palm— either Kentia Balmoreana or 
Phoenix Roebelini . 
For a sunny position the “Floss Flower” ( Ageratum mexi- 
canurn) with its well known blue flowers, a plant or two of “Dusty 
Miller” ( Centaurea gymnocarpa) , and as a trailing plant “Sweet 
Alyssum {Alyssum maritimum) , a small plant of Dracae?ia indivisa, 
a beautiful foliage plant, with long, narrow, green leaves, in the 
centre, and filling in the rest of the basket with trailing ivy- 
leaved geraniums, which should be all of one color. 
There are many other plants which can be used for hanging 
baskets. The following are selected from the many available. 
Upright Plants for Sunny Positions 
“Cigar Plants” (Cup/iea) , with small, tubular flowers, red in color, 
with black and white lip. 
Lantana. Flowers produced in umbels of various colors. 
Su>ainso?iia galegifolia. A very graceful plant producing quan- 
tities of pea-shaped blossoms red in color. The variety 
alba with white flowers is most commonly seen. 
Pelargonium zonale, the “Geranium” of florists, in various colors. 
