Paxton's Magazine of Botany and Register of Flowering Plants . ghbourhood ofManchester, and had to be sought after somewhat assiduously before it was guide others in seeking it on those wastes where heath-soil is usually procured,?we may observe, that it is of nearly a uniform texture—light and open, in consequenceof being rather half-decayed vegetable fibre, than of an earthy consistence, andneither black nor containing any distinctly perceptible portion of that clear whitesand or grit which abounds in heath-mould. We have little hesitation in aJB&rmingNo. 3. No. I. that it migh
Paxton's Magazine of Botany and Register of Flowering Plants . ghbourhood ofManchester, and had to be sought after somewhat assiduously before it was guide others in seeking it on those wastes where heath-soil is usually procured,?we may observe, that it is of nearly a uniform texture—light and open, in consequenceof being rather half-decayed vegetable fibre, than of an earthy consistence, andneither black nor containing any distinctly perceptible portion of that clear whitesand or grit which abounds in heath-mould. We have little hesitation in aJB&rmingNo. 3. No. I. that it might be found on any extensive heath or common wherepeat abounds, and as little doubtthat these baskets would suitmost Orchidacese that are grownin soil of that description. The two accompanying recep-tacles, Nos. 3 and 4, were takenfrom Messrs. Loddiges very va-ried collection. These gentlemenhave probably tried every device of this sort that has been thought of, and originatednot a few; and they assert that the basket No. 3 is the best for Coryanthes,. BASKETS FOR ORCHIDACEiE. 91 Catasetmn, and analogous plants, they Lave ever adopted. It is made of thehusks (not the shells) of the cocoa-nut, these being split into halves, slightlydressed round the edges, and fastened together with copper wire. The loosemanner in which they are attached at the sides and bottom allows ample spacefor the discharge of superfluous water; and the interior being of an open fibrousnature, admits of the roots adhering to it readily, and even penetrating external appearance, too, it is calculated to produce at least a right impres-sion. The colour and surface strictly resemble those of wood,—than whichnothing is a more natural or proper material,—-and there is neither about themtoo great rusticity or polish, but just that degree of quietness and neatnesswhich is or should be the prime desideratum. In fig. 4, which is a single piece of the same material, and in an altered position,there is les
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