celatocaulis, N i:. i;i"'in, l;,ir-l ..,« mu- •■iimber, 



with »tci]is ilH - ■ ' ,. ! ; ,11 ■ .i..-..' ii. its 



support : [\-s. fli ■ :■ I 'I ! '..i i. • I . I I : ': ■ , I>m.:m1 rlHptie, 



velvety preen. liuniiMi. l-'.S. •j;f:"Jl IH. LM'JtI. l.il. ;{0:41IG. 

 — First described in 1B80 in Kngland. A very odd 

 plant. 



nltens, Bull. Lvs. obliquely ovate-acute, cordate iit 

 base, shininj; purplish green. Malaya. 



AA. Lvs. tnnllled or bunded. 



potter 

 hand ( 





Strnnff 



aureus, Linden. Fip 



bl0tel,.-l :il'-l rl,, 



is on.- -1 Ii:- -■■ :... 1 ■ 



probld.l> ItImii;' I.. 1; 



SUS. Ill :i ii:i: I , . I ■ . . ll|:,|•KIn^'^ 



for a lime. I'r-r 1-. , uiiur' ..v I,.;,, , . 



arg6nteus, Hull. Lvs. ul.liiiuely iiv;ite-acuniinn 

 VI rv pniy, with a deep green margin and a deep 

 liiuid along the midrib. Borneo. L. H. B 



POTHUAVA. 



JCrhn 



POT MAEIGOLD. See CaUndn 



'i'. !'!:/:/ 



;;ll!iit 



if the 

 y may 



Cent,,. I iii.it ntiv,. luid an 



unii,t- , I ,. ' I ' I . , , I I . 1 1,, I ul red years or 



niiiri- nr ,1,1, ,,il„'r8hips in the 



Cetit,,, , , . : ,, : I ,,is are those of 



,1. M. Ii ., ' I , ^ I, III D. Landreth 



& (',,.. ..\ \\ ; i I 1 making Hower 



pol>< l,.i ' I •'.' " '!■' writer's family 



for I' ii'l tills indicates 



thea-e .,1 II,. L,, IIM -. M, III, <■ ii;,. 



The lii-><t entry in niif iilil,-st ac-e.,iint book reads as 

 follows: Weston', April Ii), 1775, Lemuel .Jones, to Ware, 

 ilebtor: Oi; 2». Bd. From 1788 to 1810, a period of 'Jl 

 years, we bji\e a eontitnious account. The charges dur- 

 ing III ,1 iii Ill I'lver about as many pages as we 



now irl'i :, I I. : and the amount in dollars and 



ceni^ I lie with single sales of the year 



Iflllli. I ! , II , I : , \ ears up to ISO" the term "flower 



pots *■ ii Mi.ietr-. ?,rel tl,i- writer very much 



regv I 1 , , : : I 1 ,!. ,,i :i i y,.\< Hud thc nauic 



of II,. I || .11 II. ..I i.i I ' 



Til. I .Ii I II . ;. I III. .niber thc year 



1936. Pothoa aureus ol the liorticuUuristB (X J/,,).' 

 vheel was increased in the proportion of three to 



18i;i 



ture as salesman "on the road." doing tirst to ('. iM. 

 Hovey, he secured wliat was a good order for those 

 times, some 10.000 or more i)ots for the spring trade of 

 I8fi2. Not once -ifier tliiit, .lining the Civil War, was 



thc firm able, .|.i. 1. inie,' and fall rush, to fill all 



their orders Ir ii . |, i It is not that these orders 

 were remark;.!.! ...nms, but they were be- 



yond the capii.it il III. liMii. 



The writer's own records go back to 18fi0. At that 

 time prices were a third or a half higher than they are 

 to-day, which is more than the writer would be willing 

 to admit of the relative excellence of thc goods. We 

 first got fairly under way with machinery for making 

 small H.iwer pots in 18«;». The father of the under- 

 signed, always disposed to be a little cautious, thought 

 that we should overstock the country and ruin the 

 prices. We diil in that year what wo thought was a 

 wonderful business in flowerpots. Wc exceeded it by 

 athini in tin- nemtli of October, 1894. 



Until al,..i]t isiil or I8(i.5 common flower pots through- 

 out the woi'hl hail always been made by hand on the 



It is pn.l.iM 1 I.I ,. that from time immemorial 



down t,. Ill I I \^iy.\, flower pots hail always 



been nia.l. i.l wny-by hand, on a potter's 



wheel. 



in diameter; and wlnl' ii Im.l |.r. > i..., K inken tin ex- 



>.. l,,,i.'i IT ..oiild make three thousand on tiic ntaehine in 

 W I. II III,' standard pot was adopted, about 10 years 



111 sent time in these molds. With us, 

 ' I in. in diani. are made as of yore by 



The mill 11 

 to that ,■11111. 

 years fn.m 



product of any one jear prior to IM 

 custom of using wood for drying 

 continued. It required threr- cord 

 from thirtv to forty hours' labor 



