but the colour and shape are diiFereiit : in- 
stead of red or brick colour, free-stone 
colour, which has a much neater appear- 
ance. 
The common pots, with the plants in 
them, may be put within the clean pots ; 
and when the plants are taken out in or- 
der to be plunged in the borders of the 
flower-garden, the common pot is easily 
taken from the covered one, which is al- 
ways to be kept clean. 
Covers arc made for these pots of the 
same materials, in the form of shallow sau- 
cers, in two pieces, a place being left in 
the centre for the stem of the plant, and 
small holes to fix the sticks for tying them 
up, as well as for admitting water to the 
roots of the plants. 
Those pots are very neat when odorife- 
rous and grand flowering plants are placed 
round the doors, porticos, colonades, win- 
dows, &c. ; — and besides the neatness, 
they are of great benefit to the plants, by 
keeping the roots more cool, when exposed 
to the scorching rays of the sun, during the 
heat of summer. 
Every person acquainted with the ar- 
