FLOWER-STANDS. 
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FORKING. 
the air, as they do not admit of 'to suit the taste. Though elegant 
transpiration from the sides, and 
consequently the earth contained in 
them does not so scon become dry. 
There are ten sizes of pots in com- 
mon use in British gardens, vary- 
ing from two inches in diameter to 
a foot and a half, which are distin- | 
guished as sixties, forty-eights, 
thirty-twos, &c., diminishing twelve 
every time, from sixties up to the 
largest size, which are called twos ; 
the same quantity of clay, called a 
cast, being used for the two large 
pots as for the sixty small ones. 
Besides these there are thumb-pots, 
about an inch in diameter and two 
inches deep, of which there are 
eighty to a cast; square stone pots 
for raising seeds, or striking cut- 
tings, and which are seldom used 
but by nurserymen; and deep nar- 
row pots for bulbous-rooted plants. 
Many other shapes have been in- 
vented to suit particular purposes, 
but the above are the only kinds in 
constant and regular use. 
FLoWER-sTANDs are generally con- 
structed of wire, painted green ; 
and they are so contrived as to hold 
a number of flower-pots. They are 
of various shapes ; some being only 
large enough to hold two or three 
flower-pots, and others, as fig. 24, 
Fig. 21.—Wire Flower-Stand. 
consisting of several tiers, and hold- 
ing almost as many plants as a 
small greenhouse. ‘l'hey vary very 
objects in a garden or under a ve- 
randa, they are not well adapted for 
keeping plants in a healthy state ; 
as, from the pots in them being ex- 
posed to the sun and air on all sides, 
the roots are liable to become with- 
ered by the alterations in tempera- 
ture. It is therefore generally ad- 
visable to keep all the plants in 
flower-stands in double pots, or to 
fill the interstices between the pots 
in the stand with moss. Generally 
speaking, the observations already 
given respecting plants in balco- 
nies apply to plants kept on flower- 
stands. 
Fry HoneysuckLe.—The upright 
shrubby species of Honeysuckle, 
such as Lonicera xylosteum, the 
common Fly Honeysuckle, and ZL. 
tatarica, the Tartarian Honey- 
suckle-—See Loni'cera. 
Fy O'purys.—See O'purys. 
Fontane'sta.—Oledcee@.—A shrub 
or low tree, resembling in its gen- 
eral appearance the common Privet, 
but with handsomer flowers, which 
are first whitish, but afterwards 
become of a brownish yellow. It 
is a native of Syria, where its leaves 
remain on all the year; but in the 
climates of London and Paris they 
drop off in the course of the winter. 
It will grow in any common garden 
soil, and it is propagated by layers, 
cuttings, and grafting on the Privet. 
Forri’cuLa.—See Earwic. 
Foreet-me-not.— Myosotis pa-_ 
histris.—A British plant worth cul-— 
tivating for its blue flowers, as well 
as for its name. It is a marsh 
plant, and should be grown ne 
water. M. sylvatica has smalle 
flowers, and of a paler blue. The 
other plants belonging to the genus 
Myosotis are known by the popular 
English names of Scorpion-grass 
and Mouse-ear. 
Forxinc. — A mode of stirring 
the ground so as to admit air and 
much in form, and may be designed ' moisture to the roots of plants, with- 
