DECEMBER 
sons will, doubtless, prefer to the more brilliant tints of the glass vases. 
This is called Hooper’s Etruscan Pottery, and by the courtesy of Messrs. 
Hooper & Co. we are enabled to annex illustrations of some of the forms 
in which it is made up, the most generally useful being that which re¬ 
sembles Tye’s glasses. When first brought into use this ware had the 
objectionable quality of filtering the water contained in it, the evaporation, 
of course, having a chilling influence on the roots of the plants, and the 
percolation which was constantly going on leaving a white chalky stain on 
the outer surface. This has now been remedied by glazing the inside of the 
vase, which, when properly done, prevents the percolation ; but it is neces¬ 
sary that the operation should be done carefully and thoroughly, as we 
learn that some of the earlier glazed examples are not free from the dis¬ 
colouration alluded to. 
The vendors claim for these Etruscan Vases several advantages. Thus 
they say that “ Careful observation during the past two seasons, of the 
cultivation of Hyacinths in glasses and in our Vases, lias proved without 
