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Plant Case for growing Plants 





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Vertical Profile, showing the Top of the Glass Cover. 



they have large open spaces at the bottom, and through then- 

 centres, they permit the moisture to percolate freely through the 

 whole of the soil. The bottom, being properly fitted, was fixed 



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Perspective View of the Stand, Box, and Cover, complete.* 



to the sides by brass screws ; and the brass bands, at the corners 

 and bottom, are fixed on with brass nails ; no iron being used in 

 any part. Along the upper edge of the box a groove is sunk, 



* The reader will bear in mind, that these plant stands are not intended to 

 be used for packing plants for sending to a distance. Boxes for this purpose 

 are differently constructed, as may be seen by consulting the Encyclopedia of 

 Gardening, edit. 1835, p. 539, 540. ; and, in an early Number of this Magazine, 

 we shall give engravings of the cases for packing plants now used by Messrs. 

 Loddiges. — Cond. 



