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Show BASKETS FOR PLANTS, j GROWING plants lend more charm to a living or dining room than any other sort of simple decorntiou, and with the approach of milder wcathcrl it is a matter of slight expense to always have a number of these about the house. Hyacinths, shamrock, daffodils, tulips nnd i liny blossoms are ouly a few of the spring' plants wliich keep fresh for a long time,, but to look really well the earthen jarsj wliich contain them should be set into) fancy baskets. Among the inexpensive' yet artistic shupes are the baskets of j :oarse willow stained dark brown, green ar gun metal. One shape, with slender' Imndlc and legs, suggests a wasps' nest;' nother has a trellis work over which , i vine might bo trained, and n third is i boat with n centre tub for a jar and :nd dishes for holding moss or ferns. , Finer baskets mudu of wistaria twigs j "rom Japan arc cleverly woven into" odd ( ;hapes and nearly all of these have ban- lies by which they may be bung up or jver which vines may be truiued. Decidedly more expensive lhan the wil- J ow and twig baskets are those of French f ;ilt If the wicker is white enamelled 1 these baskets accord perfectly with a t ".miis Quizize furnished drawing room and . nay be rendored even more elaborate by . he addition of big bows and straps of :loth of gold ribbon. I |