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THE FLORIST. 
TUB WITH MOVABLE LATTICE, 
FOR THE GROWTH OF CREEPERS, ETC. 
Dimensions: box, 3ft. Gin. by 2ft. 6in., lined with brick set on 
edge—a material which absorbs and retains moisture, and therefore 
suitable for the growth of flowers in such a situation. 
The box stands on two wooden rollers, and a strong ring fixed 
at each end serves as a means of moving it about. 
The lattice-work is from 10 to 12 feet high, and drops into four 
iron sockets, in order that the upper part may be removed in winter. 
The most suitable plants for such a trellis are Tropseolums, 
Climbing Roses, Eccremocarpus, Honeysuckles, Jasmines, Mauran- 
dyas, &c. On the surface of the compost may be grown Verbenas, 
Petunias, Lobelias, and other gay flowers that continue long in bloom. 
The object of this contrivance is, to increase the floral beauty 
of a lawn or garden, by clumping them together, or by placing them 
behind beds, by which the gay flowers in the beds, uniting with 
those in the boxes and on the trellis, are carried to a considerable 
height. The trellises may be placed where early flowering plants 
have gone out of bloom, so that the gaiety of the garden is kept up 
throughout the season; they will also serve to hide gardening opera¬ 
tions from observation, and, by judicious management, you may vary 
the beauty of the garden, and keep up a constant succession of flower, 
as there is no limit to the variety to be obtained. 
