March 8, 1883. ] JOURNAL OF HORTICULTURE AND COTTAGE GARDENER. 199 
in small baskets are unique for table since plants can be had in those for the smaller size and 6 inches for the larger size. Teak is the 
6 inches square, and fine specimens in others 12 inches square, the most suitable material for making the baskets. Strips half an 
depth being proportionate to the size of the baskets—about 4 inches inch square for the smaller size, and an inch square for the larger, 
Fig. 56 .—The double-flowering horse chestnut. 
the edges in each case being bevelled. The plants do well in peat particles, using the more fibry parts only. They may also be 
alone, pulling it in pieces, rejecting the coarse roots and small grown in fibrous peat, chopped sphagnum, and crocks and 
