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have yet seen were those used by Mr G. Maw, in his gardens 

 at Benthall Hall. These pots are of a peculiar size 8 

 inches broad by 4 inches deep. They seem peculiarly well 

 suited to the wants of alpine plants, securing, as they do, a good 

 body of soil, not so liable to rapid changes as that in a small 

 vessel ; while in stature, being only 4 inches high, they are 

 exactly what is wanted for these dwarf plants. The common 

 garden pan suits some alpine plants well, but is not so well 

 suited to the stature of alpine plants, or the wants of their roots, 

 as a pot of this pattern. 



For growing the Androsaces and some rare Rockfoils, a 

 modification of the common pot may be employed with a 

 good result. This is effected by cutting a piece out of the side 



Pot for Androsaces, etc. Alpine Plant growing between 



stones in a pot. 



of the pot, 1J or 2 inches deep. The head of the plant 

 potted in this way is placed outside of the pot, leaning over 

 the edge of the oblong opening, its roots within in the ordinary 

 way, among sand, grit, stones, etc. Thus water cannot lie 

 about the necks of the plants to their destruction. This method, 

 which I first saw in use in M. Boissier's garden, near Lausanne, 

 is a good one for fragile plants. The pots used there were 

 taller proportionately than those we commonly use, so that 

 there was plenty of room for the roots after the rather deep 

 cutting had been made in the side of the pot. 



An even better mode is that of raising the collar of the 

 plant somewhat above the level of the earth in the ordinary 

 pot by means of half-buried stones. 



In this way we not only raise the collar of the plant so that 

 it is less liable to suffer from moisture, but, by preventing 



