. A dictionary of modern gardening. Gardening. tor of the Plymouth Fig. 50. Nursery, proposed to improve the drain- age of pots, by ele- vating and piercing their bottoms. This, and Mr. Brown's, suggested to me that of which Fig. 50 is a section. It is merely two pots, one fitting within another, having its bottom in- dented and pierced as proposed by Mr. Rendle, but not touching the outer pot by half an inch all round. This is a most effectual form to secure drain- age, and to prevent the evaporation from the sides of the inner pot, the interven- ing stratum of confined air being a bad conduc
. A dictionary of modern gardening. Gardening. tor of the Plymouth Fig. 50. Nursery, proposed to improve the drain- age of pots, by ele- vating and piercing their bottoms. This, and Mr. Brown's, suggested to me that of which Fig. 50 is a section. It is merely two pots, one fitting within another, having its bottom in- dented and pierced as proposed by Mr. Rendle, but not touching the outer pot by half an inch all round. This is a most effectual form to secure drain- age, and to prevent the evaporation from the sides of the inner pot, the interven- ing stratum of confined air being a bad conductor of heat. It has the merit too of cheapness.—JohnsoWs Gardener''s FLOWER STAGES are made for the exhibition of flowers at shows, in the green-house, and elsewhere. The fol- lowing are some very judicious obser- vations on the subject:—"The first object in the construction of stages should be to have them so constructed and situated as to afford facilities for grouping plants; the second should be to give plants more the appearance of growing in borders, than upon artificial structures; and the third to keep the pot out of sight. This is requisite for two reasons; first, because they are no ornament, and secondly, that it is always desirable to protect the plant from being scorched by exposure to the sun. It is also desirable to adopt another mode of construction, for the purpose of giving plants that aspect which is most suited to their habits; and therefore, instead of placing the stages from the front to the back of the house, as is generally the case, I would place them in groups of stages, thus producing an effect similar to the borders in a well-arranged flower garden. "The spectators in their progress where it is most from group to group would be attracted wanted, and to pro- by the separate display in each, instead tect it at the same : of having their attention drawn away by time from slugs and a whole blaze of beauty at once, other creeping in-! "
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