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General Notices. 



choice prize flowers from one i)ot to another, without" injury to their vegeta- 

 tion. Another advantage of my plan is, that the plant may be raised so that 



the lower part may be exa- 

 mined, and any slug or 

 insect, found among the 

 roots, destroyed. Fig. 21. 

 represents n table with 

 three pots. I have taken 

 away the lower part of 

 the centre pot, to show 

 the inside of its bottom, 

 as my plan is to have pots 

 with loose bottoms. A 

 small projection (a) round 

 the inside of the sides of 

 the pot is made for the 

 movable bottom to rest 

 upon. When I want to re- 

 move a plant, I have a 

 light rim, the size of the 

 opening of the pot, with 

 three upright spring legs 

 (J) b i)o These are rivet- 

 ed to the rim c, and are 

 calculated to bear the weight of the plant and earth ; and, by pressing on 

 the ledge of the pot, the plant may be raised to any height (r/), or turned 

 out of the pot. By having pots made of certain sizes, the bottoms may be 

 removed along with the plant. I am. Sir, yours, &c. — M. Saul. Suli/ard 

 Street, Lancaster, Oct, '6. 1829. 



A new Tu/ij) Transplanter, {fig. 

 22.) — Sir, I am inclined to think you 

 will consider my invention of a tulip 

 planter not unworthy of a |)lace in 

 your Magazine, in order that your 

 readers may judge of it for them- 

 selves. A few weeks ago a tin tulip 

 planter {fig. 23.) was brought to me 

 as an excellent thing for planting 

 tulips with. It did not appear as 

 such to me ; but I requested the per- 

 son to let us go to tne nearest gar- 

 den, to try it, in order that I might 

 point out its defects. In the first 

 place, I i)rcssed it into the tulip bed, 

 and then I was able to prove that it 

 would not bring up the earth per- 

 fectly. I afterwards pointed out 

 another defect in discharging the 

 earth ; and the answer was, how 

 could I remedy it ? 1 requested to 

 have a few days for that pur[)ose : 

 I consccjuently gave orders to have 

 another kind of tulip transplanter made, which I 

 have sent you {fig. 22.), together w ith the one be- 

 fore-mentioned ; so that you may try both plans, 

 and then give your judgment as to which is the best. 

 1 consider there is a great advantage in having the 

 apparatus to open, with a spring (n) to close it again. 



