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glossy, bright leaves, pure white flovrers, and bright, coral-hued berries making 
it quite an acquisition to the list of trailing vines. 
The Coliseum Ivy and Smilax are used perhaps more universally than any 
thing else. Q'hey are grown from seed readily. 
The Gazania ^plendens makes a hanging basket exquisite in beauty ; reaching 
down one to two feet from the basket, and blooming ten times better than it does 
in the open ground. 
Among other good trailers are the Ivy-Leaved Geranium, Linaria cymbalaria, 
or common toadflax, Lysimachia, Nummularia Folea, the common Moneywort, 
single Petunias of free habit, Tradescantia bicolor, or zebrina, the purple and 
bronze leaves of which are admirable to mix with the trailing stems of Vinca 
Elegantissima and the variegated Ivies. 
Of the Ivies, Hedera latifoUa maculata is really superb if grown in a poor 
soil, in moderate shade, and abundantly supplied with water all the summer. 
Mesembryanthemums do far better in hanging baskets than in pots, but are 
truly splendid plants when planted in a rich, sandy soil, with plenty of drain- 
age, and fully exposed to the blaze of summer sunshine. A hot, sunny conser- 
vatory is a good place for them. 
Mikania scandens will clothe a basket in a few weeks with its most elegant 
foliage of light green hue, and rich glistening surface. It should be moderately 
shaded, and kept in a cool atmosphere. 
The Polygonum suaves, somewhat like the Dioscorea, is a free growing trailer 
of very neat habit, producing hundreds of little flowers, which emit a powerful 
perfume. 
The Sedum Sieboldii is unsuitable in the open air. When placed in baskets 
and grown under glass, or in the conservatory, it will spread rapidly, bearing an 
abundance of its chocolate-colored flowers, while the glauceous hue of its succu- 
lent leaves presents a most striking appearance 
Plants of Upright Growth. ' 
Here you have a large list to choose from. Usually only one plant should be 
chosen if the basket is of moderate size. If the basket is very capacious, and 
you are bound to have a magnificent collection, you may combine all three 
classes, climbing or trailing plants, or those of upright standard growth. 
You may select any of the numerous varieties of the Fuchsia, with their grace- 
ful, bending drops of bloom. Petunias, single or double. Heliotrope, always 
agreeable for their fragrance. Carnations, sweetly scented, blooming freely 
every month. The Neapolitan Violet, or the modest yet lovely little Chinese 
Primrose. The Cyclamen Persicum, with its curious flowers and valuable 
foliage, the popular Geranium. The Daphne odorata, which will fill your 
room with its sweet odor ; or you may arrange around the edges of the vessel 
some Hyacinths, Crocuses or other bulbs. If you want plants of ornamental 
foliage, you will naturally turn to some of the numerous varieties of graceful 
Ferns or Lycopodiums. The Dragon plant Dracaena terminaliSf has blood 
