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THE FLORAL WORLD AND GARDEN GUIDE. 



House, Jersey, one of the most skilful amateur horticulturists of the 

 present day, thus describes it : — 



" The Cordon Case illustrates a portion of a twelve-foot length, 

 with legs of ten inches above the soil, and three inches buried to 

 steady the case. The front glass is eighteen inches long, and there 

 is a half hip of wood at the back, removable to ventilate and prune 



in bad weather. In fine 

 weather the floor, on which 

 the peach or apricot cor- 

 don lies, is lowered to the 

 earth to ventilate, prune, 

 or syringe, aud expose the 

 cordon to the air at plea- 

 sure. The leading idea is, 

 that the whole work is to 

 be done by raising this 

 floor to the level of the 

 front portion (which closes 

 up the case) iu bad wea- 

 ther, and by lowering the 

 floor in fine weather. The 

 cordon is inserted at the 

 side of the case, and may 

 be planted in the earth, or 

 from a pot. Vines are 

 well suited for this case, 

 which is also approved of 

 by Mr. Rivers ; and, being 

 very portable and cheap, 

 might be used for many 

 other purposes, such as 

 strawberries or bedding 

 plants." 



Brehaut's Portable 

 Lawn Conservatory, ano- 

 ther of Mr. Bundle's re- 

 cent introductions, is also 

 a most novel and useful 

 invention, and is of equal 

 value for the cultivation 

 of choice plants during the 

 summer, the acceleration 

 of the growth of straw- 

 berries in pots in the 

 early spring months, and 

 for the protection of such 

 things as pansies, auri- 

 culas, and the choicest 

 kinds of alpine plants during the winter. 



The Patent Glass Copings and the Eeversible Fruit Walls, two 

 of the most important of Mr. Bendle's introductions, are of the 



Fig. 3. 



-Brehault's Portable Cordon Case. 

 (Rendle's Patent). 



