POTS AND 



you do use with facilities for proper drainage. 

 This is of the utmost importance. Overlook 

 it and no matter what kind of a pot your plant 

 is in, the soil will soon sour because of stag- 

 nant water in it. In such cases, you will be 

 responsible for the trouble, not your glazed 

 pot. Proper drainage is the safety-valve upon 

 which the grower of plants in house or green- 

 house must depend for protection against most 

 of the ills originating at their roots. 



The best clay pots are of a light cream color. 

 The red ones soon crumble, like brick, under 

 the continued effect of moisture. 



There is a combined pot and saucer on the 

 market which would be an improvement over 

 the old pot and its separate saucer if better 

 facilities for drainage were provided. As it 

 is, there are but two small holes at the junc- 

 tion of pot and saucer, and these, being on 

 the sides, soon become clogged, and surplus 

 water is dammed back, the consequence of 

 which is extremely unfortunate for your plants. 

 If these holes were larger, they would allow 

 water to escape as freely as from the ordinary 

 pot with a hole in its bottom, but, for some 

 unexplainable reason, the makers refuse to 

 make this improvement, and, as a result, the 



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