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of trellis work on the exterior, to the 

 rustic jardiniere, which is usually fashioned 

 to resemble the trunk of a tree. This re- 

 ceptacle for plants is open at the top and 

 pierced with holes at the sides, whose sides 

 project from the main structure after the 

 manner of boughs that have been sawn 

 off short. 



Although it is^not possible to give the 

 prices of these in detail, it may be said as 

 some guide to the intending buyer, that 

 with regard to Long Toms, their price is 

 much the same as the common pots. 

 Oxfords, double-rimmed pots, Alpine pots, 

 and orchid pots and pans cost from half 

 as much again to twice as much as the 

 ordinary pots. Seed pans are about the 

 same in price as pots of the same diameter. 

 Ornamental pots command much higher 

 prices, which vary according to size. Small 

 f.vaantities of pots may be bought by the 

 amateur of the nearest nurseryman, but 

 gardeners and all who require them in 

 icirge quantities .will go direct to the 

 manufacturers. 



Pots, Double, Substitute for. 



Pots are absolutely necessary to all who 

 take to pot culture of plants for green- 

 houses, conservatories, and window garden- 

 ing and their low price brings them within 

 ,:he reach of all. For everything else the 

 im^teur, the cottager, and the professional 

 gardener of limited means may easily pro- 

 vide a substitute. For the double pot, one 

 plunged within a larger one will answer 

 the purpose. This outer pot may have the 

 hole in the bottom plugged with a cork, 

 or otherwise stopped, and the inner pot 

 may be raised within the other, so as not 

 to rest on the bottom, by a wire trivet, a 

 few crocks, or even a small saucer turned 

 upside down, so that space may be obtained 

 between the inside of the outer pot and the 

 outside of the inner pot wherein to put 

 water, damp moss, cocoanut fibre, or any 



substance that is retentive of water. The 

 use of the double-rimmed pot is advocated 

 for the better growing of cuttings, because 

 the cuttings can be placed against the side 

 of the pot, but any one may do as well 

 without them as with them by resorting 

 to a contrivance such as exhibited in the 

 accompanying illustration. In this the 

 outer pot is partially filled with mould or 

 compost of a light and porous nature, 

 and a small pot, whose bottom has been 

 plugged with cork so as to fill the hole 

 in it, is placed on the mould so that its 

 rim is about an inch above the rim of 

 the outer pot. More soil is then put in 



SIMPLE CONTRIVANCE FOR STRIKING CUTTINGS. 



the outer pot until it is from i inch to 

 inch below its rim, and by doing this the 

 inner pot is partially buried. The inner 

 part is then filled with water, and the 

 cuttings are placed round it. A bell-glass 

 is then placed over the whole. The cut- 

 tings are kept moist by absorption of the 

 water in the inner pot through its sides 

 into the soil without, and there is no 

 necessity to water them or the soil in , 

 which they are set. Sometimes the inner ^ 

 pot is filled with mould and the cuttings 

 are placed round its edge ; when this is I 

 done, the outer pot should be filled with 



