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WINDOW GARDENING 
Fig. 12. 
lor, because they need 
a good watering two or 
three times a week, and 
will drip more or less 
constantly. 
A very queer Hang- 
ing Basket was made 
by a flower-lover after 
this fashion : A piece of 
board one foot long and 
eight inches wide was 
first selected, then 
around the edges was 
nailed a lath projecting 
about an inch above; 
in each of the cornei'S 
was driven a nail, and 
by means of strings 
tied thereto the basket 
was hung up. In the 
bottom were scattered 
a row of stones of 
moderate size ; then 
they were covered with 
layer of earth ; above this was another row of smaller stones, then a layer 
earth, then sand pebbles, and a final coating of earth over all, forming a 
mound in the centre. Here were planted very small rooted cuttings of trail- 
ng plants, such as the Morning Glory, which soon filled the basket to over- 
flowing. Two plants only will be suflBcient. The Cypress vine will be liked 
for the purpose. Choose five or six plants. The ^ladeira vine is unexcelled 
for such a position. Erect plants should not be chosen, although Verbenas, 
Abronias, and Thunbergias are not objectionable. 
Where shells are used, they may be ornamented with different shades of 
moss, mixing the white mosses with the green as you glue them on. 
The sections of large pine cones will also ornament prettily. Tack them on 
with brads, boring each scale with a brad-awl, so as not to split them. Alter- 
nate the scales, and varnish the whole, and you will be quite satisfied with the 
effect. It can be suspended with red or green curtain cord, fastened through 
holes, as before directed, with bows or rosettes at the top and sides. The cones 
of ths dried burs of the Sweet Gum Tree, if strung together on wire or strong 
twine, as beads are arranged in fancy baskets, make a handsome basket, whose 
rustic appearance is very pleasing. 
The simplest and prettiest of all these constructions is that made from small 
sticks of oak, maple, beach, or other wood, cut in lengths of eight, ten, twelve, 
