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General Notices. 



choice prize flowers from one pot to another, without'injury to their vegeta- 

 tion. Another advantage of my plan is, that the plant may be raised so that 



the lower part may be exa- 

 mined, and any slug or 

 V insect, found among the 



roots, destroyed. Fig. 21. 

 represents a table with 

 three pots. I have taken 

 away the lower part of 

 the centre pot, to show 

 the inside of its bottom, 

 as my plan is to have pots 

 with loose bottoms. A 

 small projection (a) round 

 ! the inside of the sides of 

 the pot is made for the 

 movable bottom to rest 

 upon. When I want to re- 

 move a plant, I have a 

 light rim, the size of the 

 opening of the pot, with 

 three upright spring legs 

 (b b b), These are rivet- 

 ed to the rim c, and are 

 calculated to bear the weight of the plant and earth ; and, by pressing on 

 the ledge of the pot, the plant may be raised to any height (d), or turned 

 out of the pot. By having pots made of certain sizes, the bottoms may be 

 removed along with the plant. I am, Sir, yours, &c. — M. Saul. Sulyard 

 Street, Lancaster, Oct. 3. 1829. 



A new Tulip Transplanter, (fig. 

 22.) — Sir, I am inclined to think you 

 will consider my invention of a tulip 

 planter not unworthy of a place in 

 your Magazine, in order that your 

 readers may judge of it for them- 

 selves. A few weeks ago a tin tulip 

 planter (fig. 23.) was brought to me 

 as an excellent thing for planting 

 tulips with. It did not appear as 

 such to me ; but I requested the per- 

 son to let us go to the nearest gar- 

 den, to try it, in order that I might 

 point out its defects. In the first 

 place, I pressed it into the tulip bed, 

 and then I was able to prove that it 

 would not bring up the earth per- 

 fectly. I afterwards pointed out 

 another defect in discharging the 

 earth ; and the answer was, how 

 could I remedy it ? I requested to 

 have a few days for that purpose : 

 I consequently gave orders to have 

 another kind of tulip transplanter made, which I 

 have sent you (fig. 22.), together with the one be- 

 fore-mentioned ; so that you may try both plans, 

 and then give your judgment as to which is the best. 

 I consider there is a great advantage in having the 

 apparatus to open, with a spring (a) to close it again. 



