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glossy green leaves. A young oak tree growing in this way is an elegant object 
The water should be kept clean with bits of charcoal, and if the leaves turn yel- 
low add a little ammonia to it. Chestnut trees can be grown in this way, but 
their leaves are not as beautiful and delicate as those of the oak. 
BasJcets of Green Cress, or Pepper Grass. 
The common garden cress grows very rapidly, and can be used in various ways 
in making grassy ornaments for 
parlor or taj)le decoration. A com- 
mon basket of oziers can be trans- 
formed into a lovely greenery by 
planting it thus : Select a pretty 
shape of either ozier or wire, and 
line the basket with folds of cotton 
batting sewed on both outside and 
inside, covering the handle with 
the same, or thick white flannel 
can be substituted for the cotton 
wool and strips of it rolled around 
the handle. 
Procure four or five ounces of 
cress seeds and steep them in 
warmish water for four or five 
hours , set into the basket a china 
saucer, (or the saucer of a flower 
pot will answer,) fill it with water, 
and when the soaked seed has be- 
come a little sticky spread them 
all over the flannel, to which they 
will adhere. Leave no spot un- 
covered, for it must be thickly 
strewn with plants. Set the bas- 
ket in a warm, dark place for two 
or three days — longer if the leaves 
do not commence to sprout — then 
bring it out to air and light, and 
soon it will become a mass of 
Fig. 33 Floral Vase. feathery green foliage. You must 
sprinkle it every day with warmish water, holding it over a wash bowl ; and the 
water must always fill the saucer. 
A small feru can be grown in the saucer, or a Primula, or a cluster of Cro- 
cuses. 
Another pretty device is that of the Turnip basket, which is made by simply 
taking a large Turnip, scraping out the inside so as to leave a thick wall of an 
