. The Cottage gardener. Gardening; Gardening. December 20. THE COTTAGE GAEDENEE. ]01. Fig. 8. One of the iuconveuiences at- tendant npon pot-ciilture is the hardening of the surface soil by watering. This may be obvi- ated by liaving the rim of the pot (7) eneompasscd by a gutter, a,(t, comniunicatiug to the earth within the pot by numerous per- forations, h. Water poured into the gutter would thus gently percolate away into the earth. The last llower-i)ot (8) we shall describe is ono that is vei-y useful for facilitating the shifting of specimens in large pots. It was patented, we be- lieve,
. The Cottage gardener. Gardening; Gardening. December 20. THE COTTAGE GAEDENEE. ]01. Fig. 8. One of the iuconveuiences at- tendant npon pot-ciilture is the hardening of the surface soil by watering. This may be obvi- ated by liaving the rim of the pot (7) eneompasscd by a gutter, a,(t, comniunicatiug to the earth within the pot by numerous per- forations, h. Water poured into the gutter would thus gently percolate away into the earth. The last llower-i)ot (8) we shall describe is ono that is vei-y useful for facilitating the shifting of specimens in large pots. It was patented, we be- lieve, by Mr. G. Fry, gardener at Lee I'ark, and named by him the "West Kent Garden ; The drawing represents a sec- tion of it. The pot is witliout a bottom, the orifice b extending across its entire diameter, except a narrow ledge all round, on whicli rests the false bottom, c, perforated as usual with tlio drainage hole, il. The principal advantage of this form is that at sliifting time, a block of wood of the size of the orifice h being pressed up, it moves the ball of earth bodily, thus disturbing the roots as little as possible.—Johiison'd Gardener's Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original [London : W. S. Orr
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