IMPROVEMENTS IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF FLOWER- POTS AND FLOWER-POT COVERS."
Year: 1881

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Arthur Booty, of Harrogate, in the County of York,
for an Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF FLOWER-
POTS AND FLOWER-POT COVERS."
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Arthur Booty at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents on the 10th September 1881.
ARTHUR BOOTY, of Harrogate, in the County of York. "IMPROVEMENTS IN
THE CONSTRUCTION OF FLOWER-POTS AND FLOWER-POT COVERS."
The object of my Invention is to construct flower pots and flower pot covers, so
that their exterior may be clothed, covered, or enveloped with plants, mosses, or cut
flowers, whilst the interior may contain plants, flowers, or mosses, all of which may
be changed at pleasure.
The vessel or cover may be constructed of metal, earthenware, or other suitable
material, and the body thereof may be of the shape of an ordinary flower pot.
Round the exterior and at intervals above each other are fixed or applied troughs of
any desired shape; in these, plants or mosses, or cut flowers are placed, and so
arranged as to hide the body thereof from view; or plants or mosses may be set in
these external troughs in varieties, and allowed to grow there, overgrowing the
exterior, and thus forming a very ornamental covering. These flower pots or pot
covers are applicable for table decorations and other ornamental purposes.

page_text: SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent filed by
the said Arthur Booty in the Great Seal Patent Office on the 10th March
1882.
ARTHUR BOOTY, of Harrogate, in the County of York.
"IMPROVEMENTS IN
THE CONSTRUCTION OF FLOWER-POTS AND FLOWER-POT COVERS."
The object of my Invention is to construct flower pots and flower pot covers so
that their exterior may be clothed, covered, or enveloped with plants, mosses,
or cut flowers, whilst the interior may contain plants, flowers, or mosses, all of
which may be changed at pleasure.
The vessel or cover may be constructed of metal,. earthenware, or other suitable
material, and the body thereof may be of the shape of an ordinary flower pot.
Round the exterior and at intervals above each other are fixed or applied troughs
of any desired shape; in these plants or, mosses, or cut flowers are placed, and so
arranged as to hide the body thereof from view; or plants or mosses may be set in
these external troughs in varieties and allowed to grow there, overgrowing the
exterior, and thus forming a very ornamental covering. These flower pots or pot
covers are applicable for table decorations and other ornamental purposes.
And in order that my Invention may be more completely understood, reference
is given to the accompanying Drawings, and to the letters and marks thereon.
DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS.
Fig. 1 is a front elevation; Fig. 2 a transverse section, and Fig. 3 a plan looking
at the top.
a represents the body of the vessel or cover; b are the troughs which are fixed or
applied round the exterior of the body of the vessel a. These troughs b, also the
vessel or cover a, may be varied in shape, and the whole may be constructed of
earthenware, metal, or other suitable material.
In the external troughs b plants, mosses, or cut flowers are placed, or plants or
-mosses-inay-be-set-therein-in-varieties-and-allowed-to-grow there, overgrowing the
exterior in a manner similar to that shewn by irregular dotted lines c at Fig. 2,
and thus forming a very ornamental covering.
The interior of the vessel or cover a may be used as an ordinary flower pot or as
a cover for ordinary flower pots in the manner shewn in dotted lines d, Fig. 2.
Having now described the nature of the said Invention and described by the aid
of Drawings how the same may be carried into practice, I would have it under-
stood that I do not limit myself to the precise details or configuration of the parts
I have described and shewn, as the same may be varied or modified without
departing from the nature of my said Invention; but what I do claim is,-
The arrangement, construction, and application of troughs b to the exterior of
flower pots or flower pot covers, substantially as and for purposes herein setforth.
In witness whereof, I, the said Arthur Booty, have hereunto set my hand
and seal, this Second day of March, in the year of our Lord One thousand
eight hundred and eighty two.