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UTENSILS USED IN HORTICULTURE. 



When pots in which plants have been grown are to be laid aside for 

 future use, they should be thoroughly cleaned within, because the 

 smallest particles of earth adhering to the inner surface of the pot r 

 when the pot is again filled with fresh soil, will, by the rough surface 

 produced, cause that soil so to adhere to the sides of the pot, that the 

 ball of earth, when the plant is to be shifted, cannot be turned out of 

 the pot without being broken in pieces. The garden-pots in common 

 use about London are generally made between a fifth or a sixth part 



Fig. 60. 



Fig. 61. 



Fig. 62. 



Fig. 63. 



Fig. 64. 



Fig. 60. Propagating-pot. 



Fig. 61. Pot with raised bottom, to prevent the entrance of worms. 



Fig. 62. Pot with raised bottom, to prevent the entrance of worms. 



Fig. 63. Pot with channelled bottom, to facilitate the escape of water. 



Fig. 64. Ornamental pot, with the base serving as a receptacle for drainage water. 



narrower at bottom than at top ; but for particular purposes, such as 

 that of growing hyacinths, pots are made almost equally wide through- 

 out, and deeper than usual in proportion to their width. For striking 

 cuttings, or growing seeds, there are pots made broad and shallow, 

 sometimes called pans or store-pots. There are also pots for aquatics, 

 made without holes in the bottom to permit the escape of water ; others 

 for marsh plants, without holes in the bottoms, but with holes in the 

 sides half way between the bottom and the top, so as to retain the 

 lower half of the soil in a marshy state. There are pots made with a 

 slit on one side (fig. 60), for the purpose of introducing the shoot of a 

 plant to be ringed in order to cause it to produce roots (a small 



