Flower-pots

Flower-pots are utensils of culture whereby plants are rendered portable at all seasons. They are used in one form or another in all countries where gardening as an art is practised. In Britain and on the Continent they are made in all sizes, from the thumb-pot of 2 inches in depth used for potting tiny seedlings and delicate cuttings, to extra large ones of 3 feet to accommodate large palms, tree-like camellias, &c. Their diameter is usually equal to their depth. They are glazed or unglazed, it being immaterial to their utility whether they are so or not; and are plain or ornamental and artistic according to taste and the purpose for which they are intended. In order to be healthy receptacles for the roots of plants they must be provided with perforated bottoms to admit of the free egress of water from the soil. Saucers are made for all ordinary sizes of flower-pots for use in rooms and other places where drip would be inconvenient or undesirable. The sizes generally in use are made in the neighbourhood of most towns in Britain where suitable clay is to be had; but Weston-super-Mare is the most celebrated place for the manufacture of extra-sized flower-pots.