For years I have made very beautiful hanging baskets in the following way : I take a stick as thick as my wrist and 18 inches long. To the stick I fasten a handle 4 inches from each end of the stick. I use very strong wire for the handle. When the handle is secure I commence rolling and tying moss around the stick until I get it entirely covered, of a nice shape, and about 8 inches thick, slightly tapering off at both ends. Then I secure to it old roots. That being done, I finish by again adding one or two layers more of moss. The plants I prefer are Begonias, of the Rex varieties. Those who have the means of cultivating Orchids would find the above a successful way for most of their varieties, not only on account of the success in growing and blooming them, but the advantage in using the baskets in decorating in the house, as they can be hung, say for an evening, in a bay window or such situation as would be deemed best. Youngstown, Ohio.