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admit sufficient ventilation under the edge 

 of the glass to prevent drawing or damping, 

 and, if required to be air-tight, can be made 

 so, either by tilling the groove with silver 

 sand or water. We consider a supply of 

 these pots indispensable to every garden 

 and greenhouse. They are made in every 

 size, from four to twelve inches. [Price: — 

 Seakale pots, Is. 6d. each ; cutting pots, 

 four-inch 2d., six-inch 3d., ten-inch Gd., 

 twelve-inch 8d.] 



VERBENA TOT. 



This, as represented in the woodcut, speaks 

 for itself. It is an admirable thing in 

 which to grow verbenas, and all other 

 trailing plants, for exhibition, as the broad 

 rim allows of the spreading of the plant, 

 and the contraction of the lower part pre- 

 vents over potting. It has an elegant out- 



of the soil within it, as to moisture. When 

 quite dry, the colour is cream, when very 



wet, it deepens to a soft buff, and every de- 

 gree of moisture, between the two extremes, 

 shows itself outside in the tint of the pot. 

 " Royal Horticultural " is a very general 

 term ; if called "tell-tale " pots, the name 

 would just express its purport. We have a 



<ime, too, and that is much in its favour. 

 We first saw it at the Crystal Palace 

 Bazaar, where Mr. Pfersdorff had some trail- 

 ing succulents growing in them, and 

 evincing the adaptation of plant and pot for 

 ■each other. 



As we have not yet used them ourselves 

 we are not aware of the price. 



ROYAL HORTICULTURAL POT. 



A very bad name for a most valuable in- 

 vention." Made like an ordinary pot, but 

 with two raised bands round the sides, and 

 the whole very carefully cast, so as to 

 be perfect in shape, and the rim cleanly 

 moulded. The colour is a pale, creamy 

 stone, and the two bands, and the lower 

 edge of the top rim are a sort of dingy slate. 

 For window-sills they are very chaste and 

 elegant, and may be filled with mould like 

 ordinary pots. One great advantage of this 

 pot, is, that its colour indicates the condition 



few dozens in use, and can commend them 

 to all who like elegant pots as well as ele- 

 gant plants, for if not on the tell-tale prin- 

 ciple, their neat appearance would ensure 

 for them almost universal adoption. They 

 are made and sold by R. Smith, 3, Queen's- 

 road, East, Chelsea. [Price, per dozen, with 

 saucers, 60's, 2s. ; 48's, 2s. Cd. ; 24's, 4s. j 

 16's, 5s., &c.] 



GLASS MOSAIC JARDINIERE. 



Some of these mosaic jardinieres were 

 exhibited at the June show, at Chiswick, 

 and we at once booked them as proper for 

 our own use, and for recommendation to our 

 readers. They are* So exquisitely beautiful, 

 that we cannot hope, either by description 

 or engraving, to convey an adequate idea of 

 them to any reader who has not seen them, 

 and this, because their chief beauty is in 

 their rich emblazonment of colouring. 

 They are intended to receive choice plants 



