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placed near the glass; they require a large supply of air and 
light, and but very little water during winter ; all the protection 
they require is merely to preserve them from frost. In March 
they require to be repotted, and this should be repeated as they 
grow, till they are placed in 48 or 32 sized pots ; with this 
treatment the plants flower abundantly throughout the summer. 
TO THE EDITOR OF THE FLORIST’S JOURNAL. 
Sir, —Being a constant subscriber to your Journal, I should 
be glad if you or some of your correspondents would favour 
me with a list of the sizes of all the flower-pots in general use, 
that is, height and breadth in inches. 
An Amateur Gardener. 
March 18, 1842. 
“ An Amateur Gardener.” We give the sizes of pots as 
they are made near London. They vary much in different places; 
as those which are sold 60 to the cast in London are only 48 
to the same in some parts of the country. 
Height. 
Breadth. 
Thumbs 
3 inches. 
2-i inches. 
Small 60 
3 ditto 
2 ditto. 
Large ditto .. 
3|- ditto .. 
3 ditto. 
Small 48 
5 ditto ., 
4J- ditto. 
Large ditto .. 
5|- ditto 
.5 ditto. 
Small 32 
6 ditto 
7 ditto. 
Large ditto .. 
7 ditto 
7-J- ditto. 
Small 24 
8 ditto 
8 ditto. 
■* 
Large ditto . . 
9 ditto 
8^ ditto. 
Small 16 
10 ditto 
9 ditto. - 
Large ditto .. 
11 ditto 
10 ditto. 
12 one foot each way (only one 
size.) 
There are larger made, but these are all that are necessary 
in ordinary culture. 
