POTS, CRUTE'S CONCAVE. 387 POTS, CRUTE'S CONCAVE. 



The above measurements may be taken 

 as the general average of each size, and 

 every pot in a cast will approximate very 

 closely to the size given. Indeed, it is 

 wonderful to find how similar pots belong- 

 ing to a cast are in form and dimensions, 



FIG. I. SECTION OF POT, SHOWING INTERIOR 

 AND FORM OF BASE. 



considering that they are not moulded, but 

 fashioned on a wheel. The above sizes, as 

 it has been said, and the numbers also, are 

 according to the Chiswick standard, which 

 is understood and followed by nurserymen ; ; 

 the prices per dozen and singly are nursery- 

 men's prices, or may be taken as a fair j 

 scale of the prices one would expect to pay 

 if buying of a nurseryman and not direct 

 from the maker. 



Pots, Crute's Patent Concave. 



This variety of flower pot forms a very 

 desirable addition to existing garden and 

 greenhouse appliances of the kind. The 

 flower pot itself is well shaped and well | 

 made, and differs from the ordinary earthen ! 

 flower pot in being straighter in the sides j 

 and deeper and wider in the base ; conse- j 

 quently, if one of the concave flower pots ! 

 be taken and one of the ordinary shape, j 

 both being the same in diameter at the top, 

 the former will be both longer and larger 

 at the bottom, and therefore afford more | 

 room for mould and the roots of the plant, i 

 This will be seen from Fig. I, which gives 

 a sectional view of the pot, and shows its j 



interior and the shape of the bottom, which 

 is concave, like the l.ottom of a wine 

 bottle, and is perforated with a large hole 

 in the centre and three smaller holes at 

 the sides, which afford an immediate escape 

 for any surplus water when it reaches the 

 channel that encircles the bottom of the 

 pot inside. Fig 2, which exhibits a view 

 of the exterior of the bottom, shows the 

 relative position of the holes just described 

 and three grooves in the edge of the 

 bottom, which facilitate the passage of 

 the external air into and upwards in the 

 pot, thus ventilating its centre, and tend- 

 ing to induce vigorous plant growth. The 

 pots are not now to be obtained, the 

 patentee, Mr. J. Crute, having retired ; 

 but a description of them is retained 

 here, as a revival of them is desirable. 

 The sizes and prices of pots per dozen 

 were as follows: 4$ inch, Qd. ; 5^ inch, 

 is. ; 6 inch, 2s. ; 7 inch, 35. ; 8 inch, 

 45. 6d. ; 10 inch, 6s. ; the size in every 

 case being the top diameter. The larger 

 sizes were sold singly 12 inches at is. ; 

 14 inches at is. 6d. ; 16 inches, 3-;. 6d. ; 

 1 8 inches, 6s. ; and 20 inches, IDS. 6d. 



Cap used with Crute's Pots. The Patent 

 Caps, which are shown in Fig. 3, and 

 which resemble small saucers, pierced with 

 five holes at the bottom, and grooved in 



FIG. 2. PLAN OR VIEW OF OUTSIDE OR 

 BOTTOM OF PIT. 



three places in the upper edge, are used 

 instead of crocks, and before potting any 

 plant one of these is placed inside the pot, 



