ttERAMIC STUDIO 
VII 
to consider in buying any pottery which will be exposed 
to changes of temperature. However it seems difficult to 
reconcile this claim of a frost proof pottery with the 
fact that the body of the ware is porous. There is only 
one kind of ware which will not be affected by changes 
of temperature, it is the vitrified clay, either porce- 
lain or stoneware, which is not porous. The porce- 
lains of the old Chinese, either their transluent porce- 
lain or opaque stoneware, are to-day the same as they 
were when made, centuries ago, and will remain unaltered 
forever. In our damp climates any porous ware is bound 
to disintegrate with age. This is a point which should not 
be forgotten by purchasers of garden pottery, whatever 
the claims of manufacturers may be. Porosity has the 
great advantage of helping plant growth but can a por- 
ous ware be frost-proof? We doubt it. 
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