Paxton's Magazine of Botany and Register of Flowering Plants . e wish toexhibit favourably all its peculiarities, not concealing or eclipsing them by renderingits receptacle more remarkable and attractive than itself. On the last point wewould especially insist; because, though not of more real moment than the rest, itis far more commonly forgotten. To put a small though pretty plant in an ornamental and curious basket whichprobably exceeds its own dimensions, is to draw away the attention from what itought to be allured to, and to make that a leading and engrossing feature whichshould be noth
Paxton's Magazine of Botany and Register of Flowering Plants . e wish toexhibit favourably all its peculiarities, not concealing or eclipsing them by renderingits receptacle more remarkable and attractive than itself. On the last point wewould especially insist; because, though not of more real moment than the rest, itis far more commonly forgotten. To put a small though pretty plant in an ornamental and curious basket whichprobably exceeds its own dimensions, is to draw away the attention from what itought to be allured to, and to make that a leading and engrossing feature whichshould be nothing more than a subordinate one. Always keeping this fact in mind,however, a neat and appropriate basket will contribute greatly to set off the beautyof a plant, and a judiciously-chosen variety will be of considerable importance in anorchidaceous-house. With the view of better elucidating the subject, we shall insert sketches of threekinds of baskets, all of which are excellent in their way, and which have our VOL. IX.—NO. c. N 93 BASKETS FOR ORCIIIDACE^.. iinqualified praise. Nos. 1 and 2 are novelties, which we owe to the kindness of j\Ir. Hammond, gardener to J. Clowes, Esq., of Broughton Hall, near Manchcstex. They consist of solid masses of No. 1. No. 2. heath-mould, of a sort of light cliestnut colour, and very fibrous texture, enclosed in frames of copper wire. They are neatly cut to the shape of the wire frame, and the top surface curves upwards from the edge to the margin of a circular cavity in the centre, which is made for containing the plant. It will be observed, that the upper edge of the basket is slightly ornamented with wire, and not left plain, as is too generally the case, to look like an inverted rat-trap. Mr. Hammond states that this mass of compressed vegetable matter is com-posed of the partially decomposed parts of the various plants which now clothe itssurface; such as Hypnum, Sphagnum, Narthecium, Vaccinium, Andromeda,Empetrum, and Ericas; and no do
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