SAUCERS 



combined pot and saucer is not much used. 

 The advantage of a pot always provided with 

 a saucer, and of a saucer not easily broken, 

 will be readily understood by those who have 

 had some experience with the detached saucer. 



There has, of late, been introduced a saucer 

 of fibre-ware. This is wood-pulp compressed 

 and prepared by some peculiar process that 

 makes it practically indestructible. It is per- 

 fectly impervious to the action of water. 

 These saucers are very light, quite attractive 

 in appearance, and can be used on the most 

 finely polished furniture without the least 

 danger of scratching it, so smoothly are they 

 finished. As soon as the merits of this article 

 become known, it will, I am confident, come 

 into general use. It is to be hoped that we 

 may soon have pots of the same material. 



Stands of fibre-ware for large plants in tubs 

 are already in extensive use. These are really 

 large saucers, fitted with casters, which make 

 it an easy matter to move plants too heavy to 

 be lifted about by one person. All who 

 own large specimens of Oleander, Palm, 

 or other plants requiring tubs or large pots, 

 ought to provide themselves with stands of 

 this kind. Being raised above the floor by 



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