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on the grouiul in some low, moist place, near a swamp. Pots of lava, or non 
porous material, without a hole at the bottom for drainage, must be used onl)' 
for holding other and more porous pots inside, the insterstices being filled with 
moist moss Very pretty wire baskets are found at some of our stores; and 
these, being open, must be filled with moss first, and then a little soil in the cen- 
tre, and the plants added afterwards 
Fig. 3. 
Large sea shells, (nautilus or conch,) will hold soil enough to support trailers, 
and are usually very tasteful window ornaments. One of the prettiest baskets 
ever seen was made from a singe sea shell, quite large. Holes were bored 
through the edge to fasten cords to hang it by ; the interior of the shell was 
