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feet long. WoisluJ cords and tassels help out the richness of the frames, and 
the biilliant hues of the foliage of the plants within. Few or no hanging baskets 
we have seen can equal this for artistic taste. 
Fig. 2, is an illustration of a large, deep basket, filled with a dense growth 
of the Convolvulus Mauritanicus. This is a highly ornamental plant, of droop- 
ing, half shrubby character, slender habit, with a profusion of elegant light blue 
blossoms, upward of an inch in width, forming an admirable plant for suspended 
vases or baskets. It continues long in bloom, and its porcelain blue blossoms 
are conspicuously beautiful. 
Fig. 5.— Group of Ferns. 
Fig. 3, is a picture of the Convolvulus drooping over the sides of a rustic 
carved hanging basket. The outside framework is wood, but contains a clay 
bowl sitting neatly within. The Convolvulus family afford many very desirable 
plants for baskets of this description. One lady cultivator goes so far as to say 
that the common Morning Glory is one of the most satisfactory plants .she ever 
cultivated. "The vine, by house culture, becomes delicate in form, and is very 
thrifty. The flowers, a little smaller than the Convolvulus tri-color, appear every 
moiTiing, and remain until nearly nignt. Seeds planted in early spring, say 
March, will flourish and bloom in less than six weeks." This family generally 
