Rensselaer Journal, Volume 12, Number 3, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 June 1902 — Hanging Baskets For Children. [ARTICLE]

Hanging Baskets For Children.

A great many of the little girls and boys who live in towns have no garden at all and perhaps not even a window box in which to grow a few pretty flowers. Many of them would enjoy growing flowers of their own. If they will follow these directions, they may cultivate a very pretty hanging basket. Let them ask the greengrocer for a carrot from which the top foliage has not been cut away. Cut away the carrot, leaving only about a couple of inches at the end where it joins the fern. Scoup out the inside of this short piece of carrot and pour a little water into it. Then hang up this little bowl, still leaving the foliage upon it At first the fern will appear to be growing upside down, but after a time it grow upward in the right direction. Fill the hollow part with water frx>m time to time, as the watc dries up, and occasionally place the carrot end in a different position, for the side.nearest the window will grow thicker and quicker than that which has less light.