Kenilworth ivy is one of the most desirable basket plants. It is alto- gether of a drooping nature, and nothing is better adapted for growing in hanging baskets, or around the edge of vases, etc., where a drooping plant is required. This ivy will not endure the heat of the sun's rays. A little sun early in the morning will be of advantage to it, but, if you would have it grow in a basket in the window, the noonday sun must be excluded. The plant delights in a deep soil and a shady situation. Do not forget to turn it every day or two, so that the whole plant may enjoy the light alike. To arrange " creeping Charlie " to grow luxuriantly in a vase, place some broken pieces of charcoal in the bottom of it, with some beach sand on it to the depth of two inches ; place the stems of the plant in this sand and fill the vase with water. Place in the coolest corner of the room. TRELLISES AND SCREENS. Make . a lattice- work of stout copper wire, and fasten on to the box on the side next to the window. Train on it quick growing ivies, morn- ing-glories, Madeira vines, or the common sweet potato, and you will have a window clothed in living green that will not shut out the air. PLANTS FOR HANGING BASKETS. 105 If the screen is designed for a dark window, between buildings or under a veranda, plant next to the screen German or English ivy, or the comjnon Wandering Jew, and fill the intervening space with ferns. The ferns will do well at such a window, as they cannot stand the sun. Simple frames may be made for these vines by taking two long nar- row strips of wood and several small ones of different lengths, and nailing the latter to the long ones at equal distances apart ; or a still better way is to make holes in the long strips and insert the ends of the short ones. When they are finished paint them green. The frames can he made in the form of a partly opened fan. A square frame can easily be made. The prettiest frames are made of willows, wire or rat- tans. Take strips of wood and burn or bore holes through them at equal distances. Then insert the wire or rattan, or willow, and twist them around in different forms, fastening the ends firmly ; then paint or varnish them. PLANTS FOR HANGING BASKETS. A very pretty plant for a hanging basket and a most curious one is pilea or artillery plant. The leaves are produced like fern fronds, and are covered with flowers scarcely as large as a pin head. When wat- ered, these flowers crack and snap like miniature artillery, hence the name. If you want a lovely basket, and only one plant to do it with, get the begonia glaucophylla, it has beautiful orange flowers, and the habit of the plant is trailing. It grows so rapidly that the basket is entirely concealed in a short time. For these baskets nothing can compare in beauty of foliage to the sedum seboldii, whose variegated leaves appear along the trailing stems in groups of three. Then there is oxalis, pink and white, and the zebrina striped tradescantia occasionally surprises you with a wee crim- son blossom.

AI-modernized reading of the original text

Kenilworth ivy is one of the most desirable basket plants. It is altogether of a drooping nature, and nothing is better adapted for growing in hanging baskets, or around the edge of vases, etc., where a drooping plant is required. This ivy will not endure the heat of the sun's rays. A little sun early in the morning will be of advantage to it, but, if you would have it grow in a basket in the window, the noonday sun must be excluded. The plant delights in a deep soil and a shady situation. Do not forget to turn it every day or two, so that the whole plant may enjoy the light alike. To arrange " creeping Charlie " to grow luxuriantly in a vase, place some broken pieces of charcoal in the bottom of it, with some beach sand on it to the depth of two inches ; place the stems of the plant in this sand and fill the vase with water. Place in the coolest corner of the room. TRELLISES AND SCREENS. Make . a lattice- work of stout copper wire, and fasten on to the box on the side next to the window. Train on it quick growing ivies, morning-glories, Madeira vines, or the common sweet potato, and you will have a window clothed in living green that will not shut out the air. PLANTS FOR HANGING BASKETS. 105 If the screen is designed for a dark window, between buildings or under a veranda, plant next to the screen German or English ivy, or the comjnon Wandering Jew, and fill the intervening space with ferns. The ferns will do well at such a window, as they cannot stand the sun. Simple frames may be made for these vines by taking two long narrow strips of wood and several small ones of different lengths, and nailing the latter to the long ones at equal distances apart ; or a still better way is to make holes in the long strips and insert the ends of the short ones. When they are finished paint them green. The frames can he made in the form of a partly opened fan. A square frame can easily be made. The prettiest frames are made of willows, wire or rattans. Take strips of wood and burn or bore holes through them at equal distances. Then insert the wire or rattan, or willow, and twist them around in different forms, fastening the ends firmly ; then paint or varnish them. PLANTS FOR HANGING BASKETS. A very pretty plant for a hanging basket and a most curious one is pilea or artillery plant. The leaves are produced like fern fronds, and are covered with flowers scarcely as large as a pin head. When watered, these flowers crack and snap like miniature artillery, hence the name. If you want a lovely basket, and only one plant to do it with, get the begonia glaucophylla, it has beautiful orange flowers, and the habit of the plant is trailing. It grows so rapidly that the basket is entirely concealed in a short time. For these baskets nothing can compare in beauty of foliage to the sedum seboldii, whose variegated leaves appear along the trailing stems in groups of three. Then there is oxalis, pink and white, and the zebrina striped tradescantia occasionally surprises you with a wee crimson blossom.

The household (of the Detroit free press)