Here are some directions for making a pretty decoration which some
reader of YOUNG PEOPLE may like to try. Take a carrot, the largest
and smoothest you can find, and cut off the pointed lower end. Then
make a cup of the large upper part by carefully hollowing it out,
leaving the bottom and sides a quarter of an inch thick. Bore some
holes in the sides near the top. Three will do. Through these pass
strings by which to suspend the cup. When it is finished fill it
with water, and hang it in a sunny window, and it will soon send
out leaves from the bottom, and become a very pretty hanging
basket. Never allow all the water to evaporate, but put in a little
fresh every day. If the carrot is large enough to allow the sides
and bottom to be left thicker, the green leaves will last longer
and be more abundant.