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or more inches, according to the size you desire. They must be about an inch 
in diameter, and a hole should be bored with a gimblet an inch from the end of 
each stick. They are put together in log-house fashion, one stick lopping over 
the other, and a wire with a loop on the upper end is passed through the holes 
at each corner, and bent up on the under side. A piece of board an inch thick 
is then fastened to the sides for a bottom, and the spaces between the stick.T 
should be filled up with moss. Small iron chains suspend such baskets, and 
rich soil from the woods is the best to grow the plants that will twine round 
the chains and wreath them. Ribbons can be used if desired. We have seen 
more than fifty of these baskets suspended from the roof of an orchid-house, 
and the effect was exquisitely beautiful. 
A cocoanut affords a very pietty miniature basket. Leave the husk on, and 
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saw off about one-quarter of the nut; dig out the meat, and bore holes through 
ihree sides of it. The stem end is the part to be sawed off. Tie cords into the 
holes. There are many articles lying about every hovise that could do duty for 
hanging baskets. Worn out fly-covers can be lined with moss or cartridge paper, 
and when filled with soil and beautiful plants they produce as fine an effect as 
many a more picturesque affair. We saw one but recently covered with 
the golden flowers of the ]\Ioneywort, mingled with the bright blue of the 
Lobelia, and the Zebra-striped leaves of the Tradescantia, all growing luxuri- 
antly, and making a humble cottage window a picture of grace and beauty. 
Ox muzzles are within the reach of every country girl, and when painted 
green and lined with moss they form most desirable baskets to suspend from 
piazzas or trees. They will hang from the trees all winter, and in the spring th 
