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these flower-pots the inner pot is made with 

 holes for drainage, and the outer pot serves as 

 a saucer. Another kind of flower-pot, manu- 

 factured in Derby of the common red porous 

 earthenware, combines the beautiful form of a 

 vase with all the convenience of a flower-pot 

 and saucer (see fig. 29.). Hunt's flower-pot 



FIG. 29. THE VASE FLOWER-POT AND SAUCER. 



and saucer are also so contrived as to leave a suf- 

 ficient space between the bottom of the pot and 

 the saucer to prevent the water in the latter 

 from injuring the roots of the plants. 



All pots should be well drained, by having a 

 layer of potsherds at the bottom, to prevent 

 the hole from becoming choked up with the 

 earth pressing against it ; and hair-rooted plants, 

 such as heaths, and most of the Australian 

 shrubs, if the earth in which they are grown 

 is not mixed with stones, should have the pot 

 filled to a third of its depth with potsherds. 

 Succulent plants, such as the Cactacese and the 



