6 



CASSELL'S POPULAR GARDENING. 



useful to give them entire, with, their ordinary 

 prices : — 



MODEEN NAMES AND SIZES. 





Clear In- 

 side 

 Diameter. 



Price 





Clear In- 

 side 



Price 





per doz. 





Diameter. 



per doz. 



No. 



Inches. 



£ s. d. 



No. 



Inches. 



£ s. d. 



1 



If 



3 



13 



11 



7 



o 



2i 



3 



14 



12* 



10 6 



3 



21 



4 



15 



14 



14 



4 



3i 



5 



16 



15 



17 6 



5 



4 



6 



17 



16 



110 



6 



41 



9 









7 



8 

 9 

 10 



n 



12 



54 

 6i 

 7 

 8 

 9 

 10 



10 

 16 

 2 

 2 6 

 3 6 



18 

 19 

 20 

 21 



18 

 20 

 22 

 24 



EACH. 



2 6 

 4 6 

 9 

 12 6 



4 6 



23 

 24 



26 

 30 



17 6 

 15 



As the railway freight on heavy goods so often 

 proves a formidable item in their cost, the following- 

 table of weight per 1,000, 500, 100, 12, and 6 pots 

 respectively from No. 1 to No. 24, is given, and also 

 the number of each required to make a ton. All that 

 is needful in ordering pots from a distance is, simply 

 to compare the number wanted with the table, note 

 the weight, and ascertain the freight per hundred- 

 weight or ton between the pottery and the nearest 

 station, and add this to the net cost of the pots at 

 the pottery, and so find the whole cost, and prevent 

 any miscalculation :— 



TABLE OF WEIGHTS. 



No. 



Number 

 of Pots. 



Weight, about 



Number of 

 Pots to One Ton, 

 about 







Tons. 



Cwts. 



Qrs. 





1 



1,000 







1 



1 



16,000 



2 



1,000 







1 



3 



12,000- 



3 



1,000 







3 







6,500 



4 



1,000 







4 







5,000 



5 



1,003 







6 



3 



3,000 



6 



1,000 







10 







2,000 



7 



1,000 







17 







1,200 



8 



1,000 



1 











1,000 



9 



500 







17 







600 



10 



500 



1 



4 







400 



11 



500 



1 



13 







300 



12 



500 



2 



5 







225 



13 



100 







12 







170 



14 



100 



1 











100 



15 



100 



1 



10 







66 



16 



100 



1 



12 







62 



17 



100 



2 











50 



18 



12 







5 



2 



46 



19 



12 







7 



2 



34 



20 



12 







10 







24 



21 



6 







6 







20 



23 



6 







7 







17 



24 



6 







9 







13 



It will be observed that from the one inch and 

 three-quarters up to sixteen inches the sizes hardly 

 advance an inch at a time. Such close-fitting sizes 

 are practically useless as far as the shifting of plants 

 from one to the other is concerned ; and in this 



respect the old sizes seem more sensible than the new, 

 inasmuch as there is a greater difference between 

 them. Beyond sixteen inches in diameter there is a 

 difference of two inches between each of the sizes, 

 and this is increased to fom^ inches in the final rise 

 from twenty- six to thii'ty inches ; the latter being 

 an enormous poc ver\^ seldom used. 



However, the nurserymen and florists have been ac- 

 customed to these sizes, as have also the potters, and 

 both classes are almost as con- ^ 

 servative in such matters as the 

 thi'ower's wheel, which persists in J ''i* 



going against the sun, and in 'i' 

 turning off pots as it did, pro- 

 bably, four or five thousand v^r _ 

 years ago. Those who want 



greater difference in size can 

 easily obtain it by leaping over 

 one or .more intermediate sizes, 

 and ordering Nos. 1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 

 11, and so on. 



An illustration of a nest of 

 pots, aiTanged according to the 



above list, is given to make the 



sizes and forms of the common garden-pots more 



familiar to the general reader (Fig. 1). 



Long Toms. — The peculiar characteristic of 

 this form, which has hitherto been chiefly confined 

 to the smaller sizes, included between thumbs 

 and five-inch or less, is that they are deeper than 

 the -ordinary make in proportion to their diameter, 

 and that they have no rims (Fig. 2). Being, how- 

 ever, made of the very best clay, and with more 

 than ordinary care, the pots, though also thinner 

 than most others in theu* sides, are found to be 



stronger than the average make, though 

 these are fortified with rims. How far 

 it may be possible and safe in practice 

 to abolish rims in the larger sizes, re- 

 mains to be proved, and will doubtless 

 be put to the test. The chief object 

 gained by the abolition of rims is to 

 economise space in the growth, storing, 



Long'Tom. packing of small plants. This 



difference in favour of rimless pots 

 must be seen to be fully appreciated. With the 

 smaller sizes the number of plants placed in the 

 same area may be almost doubled by the abolition of 

 the rims. This is of enormous importance when and 

 where thousands and tens of thousands of these are 

 raised and grown. 



These advantages, however, lose their force when 

 applied to pots and plants of larger sizes. So soon 

 as the diameter of the plant exceeds that of the pot, 

 the fonner, not the latter, regulates tbe distance 



