POTS, CRUTE'S CONCAVE. ?88 POTS, DIFFERENT FORMS OF. 



on the bottom, and immediately over the 

 large hole in the bottom of the pot itself. 

 The caps may be used with ordinary pots ; 

 they induce perfect drainage, save crocking, 

 a troublesome proceeding to many amateurs, 

 and facilitate repotting, for when a stick 

 with a diameter larger than the hole in the 

 bottom of the cap is pushed through the 

 hole in the bottom of the pot, cap. mould, 

 and plant are lifted out of the pot al- 

 together, and may be easily transferred to 

 another and larger pot, or placed in the 

 ground. The caps are supplied at 6d. per 

 dozen. 



Merits of Crutfs Pot and Cap. The 

 merits claimed for Crute's pot and cap are 



FIG. 3. PATBNT CAP, USED AS A SUBSTITUTE 

 FOR CROCKS. 



that by their use flowers and plants may 

 be grown to perfection without trouble, 

 that perfect drainage is provided, the use 

 of crocks is greatly abridged, if not saved 

 altogether, ventilation, and aeration in the 

 interior of the pot is secured, and evapora- 

 tion lessened. It is further stated that 

 insects and worms, through the peculiar 

 construction of the bottom, are prevented 

 from entering the pot ; but this is doubtful. 

 It is certain, however, that the construc- 

 tion of the bottom will prevent clogging 

 where the pots are plunged in earth, and 

 thus the pots are therefore especially w.ell 

 suited for plants that are kept within doors 

 during the winter and spring, and plunged 

 in the open ground in summer and autumn. 

 In repotting from these pots, when patent 



caps are used, the plant remains erect, and 

 is not turned upside down, or very nearly 

 so, as is the case in taking plants out of 

 ordinary pots. All that is necessary is to 

 place the pot over an upright stick, which 

 should pass through the bottom, when with 

 gentle pressure the plant with the earth 

 intact remains in the hands, the empty pot 

 sliding down the stick. 



Pots, Different Forms of. 



There are other kinds and forms of pots 

 which require mention. Among these may 

 be specified as being most noteworthy : 



(1) Long Toms. Pots without rims, 

 made only in the smaller sizes that is 

 to say, from about 2^ inches to 5 inches 

 in diameter, and about half as deep again 

 as ordinary pots, with diameters ranging 

 between these two extremes. They are 

 not so shapely in appearance as the 

 ordinary pots, nor so convenient for 

 general purposes, but they are serviceable 

 for growing hyacinths and other bulbs. 



(2) Oxfords. These are pots with broad 

 rims pierced with holes, which afford the 

 means of tying down the branches of 

 plants that require training of this descrip- 

 tion the better to exhibit their blossoms, 

 &c. The holes are further useful for hold- 

 ing the points of wires to which trellises 

 are attached, or to which plants or their 

 branches may be tied. 



(3) Pots with Double Rims. Pots so 

 called resemble the Oxford pots in so far 

 that the rim is utilised for a special purpose 

 by increasing its breadth, so that both kinds, 

 in point of fact, are really pots with broad 

 rims. In the class of pot now under con- 

 sideration the rim is not pierced as in the 

 Oxford pots, but is grooved in order to 

 receive the edge of a bell-glass to be 

 placed, if necessary, over any plant or 

 cuttings in the pot. By this mode of con- 

 struction plant space within the rim of the 



