Evening Republican, Volume 19, Number 262, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 4 November 1915 — Home Town Helps [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

Home Town Helps

GOOD TREE FLOWER BASKET Latest Idea in Outdoor Ornament Will Help Enhance Attractiveness of Any Place. A feature which has been termed "The Tree Flower Basket” is one of the latest things presented in the western part of this country for the beautifying of the home property. The owner of the home place knows that almost any kind of flower holders, if they are put to work, serve to add to the appearance of the property. Furthermore, where a novelty, in the way of a flower basket, such as is seen in the accompanying illustration, is erected, it does /more than merely serve to enhance the attractiveness of the place—it adds Individuality to the dwelling. Surely this feature adds the "individual” touch to the home i( adorns. Altogether there are eight trees that

By Nailing a Few Branches of Equal Length Around the Trunk of a Tree, Fastening Them Together With Wire, and Lining With Moss, an Attractive Tree Flower Basket Is Formed.

have been treated in this manner, these running along the parkway beside this home. The idea is especially valuable when used in connection with trees that have tall, plain trunks, for the little baskets serve to break the trunk’s plainness. These baskets are simple in construction and inexpensive. A number of branches are cut in uniform length; palm branches being used in this instance, and the length being 18 inches. These are arranged around the tree about three inches apart and are held in position by wires run around their lower ends, fastening them tightly to the tree. A lining such as moss is then secured for the baskets, after which earth is placed in them. Flowers can then be planted in the earth. While many kinds of flowers may be grown in these baskets, vines and ferns which hang down against the trunk of the tree are very acceptable.—World’s Advance.