HANGING-BASKETS.

Globe, Volume XXII, Issue 1868, 19 February 1880, Page 2

HANGING-BASKETS.

L" Town and Country."] I would like to tell lady readers how to make hanging-baskets at a slight expense, at least for less than the actual cost of such articles bought in stores, and to my mind they are then no prettier than those made at home. Procure a wooden bowl, a stray rusted tin basin or wash-dish, which is the best shape for the present purpose ; cover the outside with a coat of putty, and place on it, in rows, groups, or clusters, little shells. A row of tiny " dust-pan " shapes are pretty for a border. The contrast of the green leaves dropping over the white shells is very pretty. Or, if shells are not to be had, a "pounded" mixture of bits of different colored glass pressed into the putty makes the uninitiated believe your baskets to be made of diamonds, especially when the sun is shining on it. The " snowflake" baskets, made of raveled white cloth, look cool and hint of spicy woods and nodding violets, through the long winter, if filled with ferns and hung in some shady window. Gather the ferns while green and fresh, and pile them on a platter, or even a board, cover them with thick, wet moss, and they will keep moist and green during the winter, to replenisn the baskets or vases. Try it.