A Pretty Ornament.
Get a piece of sponge—the coar.o kind is the best-and, after wetting 6 thoroughly with warm water, squeeza® ► gently so as to wring out most of the wat! but not all Have-ready some seeds of rice’ oats, millet bar ley, grass, and red clover* and push them into the damp holes of the sponge. Now hang ic up in a where it will get the snn during part of the day, taking care to sprinkle it with ! little water every day for a week, so th»t it may be kept slightly moist. Soon the httle spear-like leaves will begin to B hn„t from every part of the sponge, and. as they increase in length, a b.aut.fnl green frinZ will be seen falling down over this rustle basket, and covering it on every aide it will remain green and refreshing to the ev« for a long time. If carefully tended aad sprinkled the clover will bloom.
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New Zealand Mail, Issue 978, 28 November 1890, Page 4
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158A Pretty Ornament. New Zealand Mail, Issue 978, 28 November 1890, Page 4
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