THE AMATEUR’S FLOWER GARDEN. 
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finger if the pot is inverted. But the contrivance is not used 
in such a way at all. It is so engraved in order to convey an 
accurate idea of its construction. When full of plants it has 
hut to he lifted on to a hrick and the surrounding sides drop 
down and leave the soil divided hy the pasteboard in the most 
handy position possible for operations. These pasteboards 
are all that remain to be explained. They are first cut to fit 
the box, and then are slit half-way so as to fit together firmly, 
the short cross pieces being slit from the side which forms 
their bottom edge, and the long pieces from the side wdiich 
forms their top edge. As they fit together firmly, each divi¬ 
sion remains intact to the last. Then, to liberate each block 
for planting, the cross pieces are successively removed, which 
frees the outside blocks, and, lastly, the two long slips are re¬ 
moved and the remainder are ready. Those who suppose this 
to be a frail affair are mistaken. The cardboard will last two 
seasons, and the wood-work a life-time. Any sized box that 
can be lifted easily when full of soil can be employed in this 
system of plant culture, but as it is well to name a size, it 
may be understood that they should be eighteen inches long, 
ten inches wide, and five inches deep. This will allow of 
divisions three inches square, in which a very large amount of 
soil may be placed. Those who can obtain waste card, which 
is largely produced in some businesses, may grow all their bed- 
ders in this fashion. Probably zinc would be equally manage¬ 
able, but not having tried it, we name it only at a rude guess. 
Having got into winter work we present here figures of a 
frame suitable for keeping calceolarias, the silvery-leaved cine¬ 
rarias, and the centaureas, 
if placed in a dry and shel¬ 
tered position; with pro¬ 
tective cover to keep out 
frost, and a rack within 
which the mats, or frigi- 
domo, used during win¬ 
ter may be stored away 
neatly, and covered with 
the glass lights placed 
sloping upon it. The pro¬ 
tective frame is made the 
size of a frame-light, with diagonal braces, and bound at the 
corners with iron hoop ; and at each end is a small chain with 
