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inch all around, then plant in it some climbing or drooping vine, say a Morning 
Glory. Suspend the turnip with cords, and in a little time the vines will grow 
upward over the cords, while the turnip will sprout below and send forth leaves 
gracefully turning and curving upward. 
The Sweet Potato would hardly be recognized by many who know it only to 
cat it, if they could see how pretty a parlor ornament it might be easily made. 
Fig. 34 is a good illustration of one 
in a vase placed upon a bracket 
fastened to the side of a room. 
Take a large sized Svli'ect Potato 
and drop it to the bottom of a vase 
or the bowl of a hanging basket. 
Cover the Potato with water nearly 
to its top, leaving perhaps a half inch 
uncovered, and always keeping it 
about at this point. It will soon put 
forth roots, and the top will shoot 
out a vine which will grow after a 
while with great rapidity. A sunny 
position suits it best, — and the ten- 
drils will soon clasp the arms of the 
basket, or droop in long curls over 
the edge of the vase. Many visitors 
who have seen such a vine in the 
window of their friend, have inquired 
with admiration its name, thinking 
it must be some foreign plant. Had 
it possessed only some curious bo- 
tanical or fanciful name, its praisea 
would never cease being repeated, 
but the visitors are a little chagrined 
to find that their enthusiasm has been 
vented upon nothing but a Sweet 
Potato Vine. 
Arrangement and Choice of Flowers 
for Wreaths, Bouquets and Vases. 
The art of arranging flowers grace- i-ig 34 s«toi 
full}' and well, is not so easily taught as their culture, for it requires an artistic 
eye to group them tastefully, yet fortunatel}'^ they are so intrinsically beautiful 
that they can hardly be spoiled, though the best effect is not always attained. 
The Germans, French, and even the Russian women are said to surpass the 
English and Americans in their various methods of weaving flowers into house 
decorations, and they seem born with a love of plants and flowers. 
