. The Horticulturist and journal of rural art and rural taste . itself woven of stout willows, or made from well selected pieces of treelojipings—the hazel, especially. In the fall, such a basket might be filled with bulbs, andcovered thick with leaves in the winter. When these come out, it may be furnished withshowy annuals, or a mixture of half hardy shrubby exotics. The plants best suited for summer blooming in rustic baskets, and onhollow tree stumps, are fuchsias, calceolarias,geraniums, hydrangeas, petunias, cinerarias,China roses, verbenas, nemophilas, mignonette,pimpernel of all kinds,
. The Horticulturist and journal of rural art and rural taste . itself woven of stout willows, or made from well selected pieces of treelojipings—the hazel, especially. In the fall, such a basket might be filled with bulbs, andcovered thick with leaves in the winter. When these come out, it may be furnished withshowy annuals, or a mixture of half hardy shrubby exotics. The plants best suited for summer blooming in rustic baskets, and onhollow tree stumps, are fuchsias, calceolarias,geraniums, hydrangeas, petunias, cinerarias,China roses, verbenas, nemophilas, mignonette,pimpernel of all kinds, and mimulas. The stilf-growing plants should occupy theentre, and those of drooping habit the ferns are grown with flowers, the soil shouldbe a soft peat, with a mixture of leaf mould andsandy loam. These ornaments require frequentattention, and copious supplies of water. Theyshould be covered with pitch inside, to keepthem from the ravages of damp. On a largescale, there is scarcely anything so suitable to cover the handles as the Dutchmans Slugs.—Procure a gallon or two of wheaten bran, or brewers grains, and on a mild even-ing, just l)efore or after a shower, place little patches of it about the garden in all directions,especially near box-edgings and similar places of retreat. About nine oclock at night, pro-vided with a good lantern and candle, and armed with a potful of air-slaked lime, visit allthe little patches of bran in succession ; you will probably be astonished at the vast num-bers of these enemies congregated and feasting at your expense, when, with the pot of lime,you can give them such a dusting as will prevent them from ever again troubling you. Ifthis plan be persevered in for a short time, the garden will be effectually cleared of have applied this remedy for many years, and have never known it to fail.—//. Mitchell. Ducks are said to be great destroyers of slugs and other vermin. Young broods may beallowed to wander about the
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