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Unique Flower Stand. 



UNIQUE FLOWER STAND. 



While spending a few hours at the 

 establishment of Messrs. Janes & 

 Beebe, of this city, our attention 

 was attracted to an elegant design 

 for a plant stand. It is in itself, 

 a beautiful and expressive piece 

 ' of furniture. The engraving which 

 accompanies these remarks, affords 

 a pretty accurate idea of its appear- 

 ance. It is a rustic pattern in bronz- 

 ed cast iron. It will accomodate seven 

 pots, six of which can be arranged 

 around the perpendicular centre sup- 

 port whichis surmounted with a recep 

 tacle for another plant. As this stand 

 is of a very ornamental description, it 

 would appear to best advantage when containing plants, while in 

 bloom. Those who can boast of a grecnhoiise can by a little 

 forcing, obtain a sufficiency of flowers, to keep such an object a 

 continual show during the winter and spring months. Camelias 

 bear forcing admirably, and comport well with the dignity of a 

 drawing-room, but unfortunately are impatient of an arid atmos- 

 phere. In the humid air of the forcing house, they look very hap. 

 py ; and with the thermometer at 60 or 65, may be induced to 

 bloom in December. As soon as their blossoms become partially 

 expanded, they may be brought into the drawing-room, forming 

 elegant objects for the decorated plant stand. Roses may be treat- 

 ed successfully in the same manner. Hyacinths, Tulips and other 

 bulbous roots can all be forced and retrograded without the assistance 

 of a special glass structure, by giving them warm or cold posi- 

 tions within the dwelling house. A more practical advantage of 

 the iron stand is, it occupies little room, and the hollows which 

 contain the pots are large enough to catch and retain all the super- 

 fluous moisture, running no risk of destroying carpets by a drip- 

 ping of fi.lthy water. 



