FLOWER-POTS. 



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FLOWER-STANDS. 



— See Fences. It consists of beds 

 symmetrically arranged, with gravel 

 or pavement between ; and the beds 

 are bordered or edged with stone. 

 In other respects, these gardens are 

 treated like the old English flower- 

 garden. 



Terrace gardens are merely archi- 

 tectural-gardens, formed on plat- 

 forms adjoining the house, on one 

 or more levels, each level being sup- 

 ported by a terrace- wall ; but as 

 they are chiefly adapted for man- 

 sions and places of considerable ex- 

 tent, where of course a regular 

 gardener must be kept, it does not 

 appear necessary to enlarge on them 

 here. 



Flowering Ferx. — Osmunda 

 regalis. — A native of Britain, and 

 one of the largest and handsomest of 

 the British Ferns. 



Flowering Raspberry. — Riibus 

 odoratus. — A kind of ornamental 

 Bramble, well deserving of cultivation 

 in flower-gardens. 



Flowering Eusn. — Bidomus 

 umhellatus. — A British aquatic 

 plant, producing pink flowers. When 

 cultivated, the seeds should be sown 

 in loamy soil at the bottom of the 

 aquarium or pond where it is to 

 grow, or in a pot plunged to a con- 

 siderable depth ; or it may be in- 

 creased by dividing the root. 



Flower-Pots are commonly of a 

 red porous kind of earthenware, 

 which is much better for the plants 

 than the more ornamental kinds sold 

 in the china- shops ; which, from j 

 being glazed, and consequently not i 

 porous, are apt to retain the moisture ! 

 so as to be injurious to the roots of 

 the plants. ^Yhen china flower-pots j 

 are used, they should have the ] 

 bottoms pierced with several holes I 

 instead of one ; and they should be j 

 particularly well drained, by being , 

 filled to, at least, a quarter of their j 

 depth with pieces of broken tiles. I 



Glazed pots are most suitable for 

 plants kept in balconies, where they 

 are much exposed to the air, as they 

 do not admit of transpiration from 

 the sides, and consequently the earth 

 contained in them does not so soon 

 become dry. There are ten sizes of 

 pots commonly in use in British 

 gardens, varying from two inches in 

 diameter to a foot and a half, which 

 are distinguished 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 cuttings, and which are 

 seldom used but by nurserymen ; and 

 deep narrow pots for bulbous-rooted 

 plants. Many other shapeshave been 

 invented to suit particular purposes, 

 but the above are the only kinds in 

 constant and regular use. 



Flower-stands are generally 

 constructed of ^^ire painted gi-een ; 

 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 Jig. 18, 

 consisting of several tiers, and hold- 

 ing almost as many plants as a small 

 greenhouse. They vary very much in 

 form, and may be designed to suit the 

 taste. Though elegant objects in a 

 garden or under a verandah, they 

 are not well adapted for keeping 

 plants in a healthy state ; as, from the 

 pots in them being exposed to the 

 sun and air on all sides, the roots 

 are liable to become withered by the 

 alterations in temperature. It is 

 therefore generally advisable to keep 

 all the plants on flower-stands in 

 double pots, or to fill the interstices 



