THE LADIES’ MAGAZINE OF GARDENING. 
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St. Domingo mahogany, previously steeped for a fortnight in Kyan’s pre¬ 
servative composition. Its sides are one inch and a quarter thick, mitred 
and dove-tailed together at the corners. The bottom of the box is of 
Honduras mahogany, one inch thick, and is formed of numerous small 
pieces, framed and flush-panelled, and so arranged as best to resist the 
yielding of the wood, in consequence of the mass of moist earth which it 
has to bear. To give it greater strength, two cross, or tie, pieces stretch 
from side to side, and are dove-tailed into the sides : they are placed at 
equal distances from the two ends, and thus divide the box into three 
compartments; but as they have large open spaces at the bottom, and 
through their centres, they permit the moisture to percolate freely through 
the whole of the soil. The bottom, being properly fitted, was fixed to the 
sides by brass screws ; and the brass bands at the corners and bottom are 
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