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yard square, as this size will show the large ferns to good 
advantage. A slit of five or six inches should be cut in 
each corner, running bias toward the center, then lap the 
edges of each slit, and sew them through several times with 
waxed thread. A narrow band of bark should be neatly 
fastened around the upper edge, to make it firm, and, with 
the addition of a long strip three or four inches wide for 
the handle, the basket is complete. 
The same soil may be used as that for growing ferns in 
the bed ; and the evergreen fern, the maiden-hair, and the 
large feathery fern will all do well in this receptacle, while 
the partridge and other vines may trail over the edges and 
up the handle on either side. This basket may be placed 
