The Garden Under Glass

PLANTS FOR VARIOUS PURPOSES 143 scantia, helxina, selaginella, the commoner maidenhair ferns, and some small coleuses will do fairly well in this position. If a few stones are set in the form of a rocky mound in this position and the spaces between the stones planted it will give a very pleasing effect. Hanging Baskets It is scarcely possible to have a greenhouse properly bedecked with flowers withouthangingbaskets. There are, perhaps, climbers on the roof, and these hanging baskets form a connecting link between the canopy of flowers above and the forest of flowers below. There are many plants naturally endowed with that pendulous habit which is well-nigh essential to suitability as a basket plant. Among them we may name ivy-Ieaved pelargonium, heliotrope, lachenalia, fems in great variety, Asparagus sprengeri, achimenes, begonias, fuchsias, ccelogynes, Campanula isophylla, schizanthuses, streptosolen and tradescantia. Several plants should be clumped together for the purpose of forming a full basket. The baskets, preferably of wire, should be well lined with sphagnum moss and fibrous peat before the plants or bulbs are put in. By tying the trailing shoots in place and turning the baskets occasionally it will be possible to cover the wire quickly. A too formal appearance should be avoided. In other respects the culture does not differ from that of pot plants. Too often the difficulty of watering is made an excuse for neglecting the plants. The baskets, which in most cases will be set over the pathway, must, of course, be set suffi-ciently high to render walking beneath them comfortable, and unless some special arrangement be adopted steps will have to be used to reach them. But usually with a slight