THE FLORAL WORLD AND GARDEN GUIDE. 



with full hearts to lift their thoughts in thanks and praise for His 

 mercies, even though the troubles of life beset them at every step. 

 I honour and admire the lovers of 

 flowers, and would do all I could 

 to encourage them. Often when I 

 see the cottager spending his even- 

 ing hour in his little garden, and 

 hear him eagerly tell me the history 

 and peculiarities of this and that fa- 

 vourite, my hand fairly itches to give 

 him the right hand of fellowship, and 

 bid him good-speed in his pleasant 

 .occupation. Honour be to those who 

 thus feel the elevating influence of a 

 lovely flower, and I am sure the flowers 

 pay back tenfold interest for the atten- 

 tion bestowed on them by the pleasant 

 feelings, hopes, and aspirations which 

 they arouse within the heart. 



Now, my dear readers, I will enter 

 upon the practical details of my subject 

 in earnest, and the first part I have 

 to consider is the suitable kinds of 

 flower-pots, pans, vases, hanging- 

 baskets, etc. The common earthen- 



ware flower-pots are sold by the 

 "cast"; the number of pots in a 

 cast varying according to their size 

 the price generally being three shil- 

 lings per cast. The inside measure- 

 ment of the rim is always taken. 

 There are 60 two-inch wide pots 

 in a cast, which are called " sixties"; 

 06 four-inch, 30 five-inch, 18 six- 

 inch, 12 seven-inch, 8 eight-inch, 

 and 6 nine-inch, which is the largest 

 size you will ever require, though 

 they run on to 1 sixteen-inch in the 

 cast, which is the largest size made. 

 Any seedsman or nurseryman will 

 supply you. Earthenware pans of 

 various sizes are also used, and are 

 better than pots for growing an- 

 nuals, some kinds of low-growing 

 ferns, selajrinellas, and for sowing 

 seeds or rooting cuttings in. You 

 should have one or two of them, 

 as they are very useful, and for 

 some purposes you will prefer them 

 to pots. You should also have- 

 earthenware flats for standing pots 



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