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POTS 



small fuvuiice. To-ihiy three tons ol' liiluiiiinous coal will 

 fire live times as much pottery in liftecu hours. 



It is a very common saying that one flower pot is as 

 good as another, provided it will hold together long 

 enough to grow the plant. This is equivalent to saying 



that one rose is ;.s - 1 „- !,ii..il,,.r. The late C. M. 



Hovey has ofi. n saia (o tin- wrin i-. "Mr. Hews, I want 

 all perfect puis. Sii|.|.,.s.> I am |...tiiii!; a choice plant 

 which will be wmtiIi iw . mm- lii i < <i J la is. 1 want a good 



uniform tiring, and of a .s 

 as out. It must also b.- .. 

 which can be attained by 

 Moreover, a machine-madi 

 rim on the inside, s.) iha 

 bench potting iliiu;-:n. i- i 

 done con.stantlv in ' 

 flesh on his thiu.il. 

 be able to stand i tm i.m 



mit^ma^ 



AUi 



1937. Pots of various sizes. 



' standard " pots except the rimless one at the right 



.11 the 



,• in ' iinicnts,niay have soniu 



liiiii. 1:1 !, Mich a pot must also 



d 1 t.iii- |M,, iii 1,,,: and years of usage if 

 ueLt:s.^.u_, . ' .-si.iiidard " flowerpots, such 

 as arc now u.scd by American florists, 

 are shown in Pigs. 1937. 



The writer often asks himself. "Will 

 the demand for flower pots in the next 

 quarter century increase in the same 

 r.atio as in the past quarter!" In ]S()9 

 we manufactured 700,000 pots; in 1894, 

 7,000,000, or ten times as many after a 

 lapse of 25 years. If the same factory 

 can in 1920, another 25 years later, pro- 

 duce and .sell 70,000,000', we shall verily 

 be living in a land of flowers! 



A. H. Hews. 



i pot.' 



straight pot for it, but I am oMi 

 before I can find one. When I d.. 11 i-I .mi. ii i--ni-.. !,, 



be of such a soft burn that it w ill '■■ ■ : ' :i ! iilnr." 



We would then examine sonic Ml iiai-in 



his greenhouse, and tbr'v were -I .ii-daiai 



cracked pots. "Snrli a T^.r -;i ■ > : ' ila- t 



unless I repot it." ■riii-"i.i-i ,. , .;>., i:in.:,i,i 



pots. When tin' s.h i ; , i: i .i . i, . : 



Washington in IM'J ■ , i. i . 



greenhouses of lli.- \ ar|...i - .1. ,iai in, n: 'I .. -a;. Ilia I 



many of the flower puts luokid as if tin y In-longed t.. 

 that class of pottery found in the Indian mounds of 

 Mexico would be a reflection on the aborigines. The 

 poor preparation of poor materials is a feature of 

 the thousands of infon a il,,wcr pots that flood our 

 markets. Tho i 1 t: ~ were long ago convinced 



that the best |- : - . ajiost. 



Grades of (I 1 iiainif.acture of flower pots 



To SOI 



clay is then loaded i 

 mill, where it is sbov* 

 expels the larger ston 

 It then falls on an 

 revolving drier. Thi 

 by the use of crude 

 from 20 to 2.'j yior cci 



them i ■: ■■ i ■ ■"• 



out without ev 

 ing. 



Prom the drier, the clay goes into large bin 

 mtist remain 24 hours, so that portions of it ^ 

 become too dry and hard ma- ai -.n 1. tin- moi 

 that not dry enough. 1 . i 

 vhippers, which beat till a , : n. 



the 

 screens, an 

 The III xt 

 gmg.'> Tlii 

 chine, tin- 1 

 worked iiit 



machine. ' 

 each does 

 wheel, evet 



notliini.' I.' 

 well as si: 

 quality a ] 



Fro 



mg, or, as we term it, "pug- 

 machinery. From one ma- 

 rery soft and plastic, to be 

 From the other the clay 

 lor 111. lion inoMs of the 



■■ . lahT iiini at the 



U'.i II a trood and a poor pot 

 nist will demand and accept 

 oi. a standard in quality as 

 . arhed. To he standard in 

 lay properly prepared, be of 



POTSHERDS. Gardener's name for 

 broken pots and crocks, a material used 

 in the bottom of pots, pans, boxes, etc., to afford drain- 

 age. Coal clinkers, gravel, etc., are often used for the 

 same purpose. 



POTTING. The first stage in the life of the plant is 



whin til,, seedliiisr is rraiispl.-iiiti-d from the seed-bed or 



ill! 1- |iottril that it can 1 1 iilv he said to take on the 

 : of a |ilaiit. Ii is til, 11 .nit of swaddling clothes 

 im: I III. rs th,. i-ank- ..I ii- In- lirotliers and sisters. 

 ..II III.' Ha>- I., iiiakit : n- in , In society; to live per- 

 du in ilir \viiiiai ■ a Ii . Ii inniient or on the fire 



i-s.M|..i; max lia|. Ill I n ■ l.i ..■ of the patient in the 

 silk r.i..ln: .no. III-.- il- i.l.nli;, ill rows of its fellows 

 in -I I ik Ionises where tlir lilossoms are garnered 

 ai I I ' '., II arki-t; perhaps to take its place in row 

 n I I- kind and make an arabesque pattern 



I , and so delight the eye or regale the 



I in Ii ii I II : I on. ration of potting includes also 



III, • I ling the plant from a small to 



II; I ■■'■ signifies the same, generally 



in a pot of the same siza i i i . a.a-ording to 



its needs. The actual o]ar: n j is very sini- 



1938. Fern pans. 



A form of pottery nspfiil for siiiidl bulbs and man.v sliallow- 



rooted subjects of which spreading masses are desired. 



development of the roots. When the roots are from one- 

 eighth to one-fourth of an inch long they may be said 

 to be at thiir In st for indfing. If sooner, the plants are 

 not likely t.. .I.v. l.i. as rapidly in the pot as if left in 

 the cntfiii;; I..11.I1; il later, they are harder to handle, 

 in.iury is lial.ir to i.snlt, and they do not as readily 

 recover from the shock incidental to the change. The 



