Improvements in and relating to the Growing and Transplanting of Flowers, Plants, or Shrubs, and Vessels or Receptacles therefor.
Year: 1889

page_text: Date of Application, 17th Apr, 1889
Complete Specification Left, 13th Jan., 1890-Accepted, 22nd Feb., 1890
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in and relating to the Growing and Transplanting of
Flowers, Plants, or Shrubs, and Vessels or Receptacles therefor.
I, JAMES CLARK MCGEORGE, of English Street Factory, in the town and County of
Dumfries, Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of my invention to be as
follows:
This Invention has reference to and comprises a new mode of, and means, vessels,
or receptacles for, growing and transplanting flowers, plants or shrubs, and which
will be a great improvement on the present system of growing the seeds into flowers
or plants in earthenware, porcelain or other mineral substance vessels, in hothouses,
and then removing them therefrom to transplant them to beds, pots, or other places
in the earth and open air.
According to my invention I sow or place the seeds plants or cuttings of the
flowers, vegetables or shrubs in a vessel or receptacle made up into a cylindrical,
square or polygonal shape of fibrous or vegetable material and filled with any suitablo
kind of ground or earth, and these vessels when small can he placed close together in
great numbers in a casing within a hothouse frame or other convenient place, and
when the seeds, plants or cuttings have grown to become plants, flowers, or shrubs,
these vessels can be transplanted to beds, pots, or places in the earth and open air,
without the flowers or shrubs having to be removed therefrom or have the roots
tampered with, as has been the case heretofore in transplanting them from earthen-
ware pots; and these vessels of fibrous or vegetable substances will gradually rot
away in the earth as the flowers or plants grow to maturity. The new porous fibrous
vessels or receptacles would consist of manufactured woollen or union yarn or thread
woven or knitted into a cylindrical or polygonal shape close at bottom as woven or
closed by sewing, and open at top; or of cotton or flax sown or made up into the
shape of these vessels, or of other equivalent fibrous material. And when constructed
of vegetable fibre these vessels would be made up of straw, hay, esparto or other
grass, hemp, wood shavings or fibre, parchment or other equivalent vegetable sub-
stances woven or plaited into the shape of the vessel which would contain the ground
and not get destroyed with water, and grow the seeds or cuttings into plants or shrubs,
and when transplanted into the open earth would gradually decompose and act as a
manure to the plants, therein cased.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in and relating to the Growing and Transplanting of
Flowers, Plants, or Shrubs, and Vessels or Receptacles therefor.
I, JAMES CLARK MCGEORGE, of. English Street Factory, in the town and County
of Dumfries, Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of my invention and in
what manner the same is to be performed to be particularly described and ascertained
in and by the following statement in writing, that is to say :-
This Invention has reference to and comprises a new mode of, and means, or new
vessels, or receptacles, for growing and transplanting flowers, plants or shrubs, and
which will be a great improvement on the present system of growing the seeds into
flowers or plants in earthenware, porcelain or other mineral substance vessels, in hot-
houses, and then removing them therefrom to transplant them to beds, pots, or other
places in the earth and open air.

page_text: And in order that my said invention and the manner of performing or carrying
the same into effect or practice may be properly understood, I shall now proceed to
describe the same in and by the following statement :-
According to my invention I sow or place the seeds, plants, or cuttings of the
flowers, vegetables or shrubs in a vessel or receptacle made up into a cylindrical,
square, or polygonal shape of fibrous or of vegetable material, and filled with any
suitable kind of soil or earth or manures, and these vessels when small can be placed
close together in great numbers in a casing within a hot-house frame or other con-
venient place as they are flexible, and when the seeds, plants, or cuttings have grown
to become matured plants, flowers or shrubs these vessels can be transplanted to beds,
pots or places in the earth and open air without the flowers or shrubs having to be
removed therefrom or have the roots tampered with, as has been the case heretofore
in transplanting them from earthenware or hard pots; and these vessels of fibrous or
vegetable substances will gradually rot away in the earth as the flowers or plants
grow to maturity.
The new porous fibrous bags vessels or receptacles consist of manufactured
woollen or union yarn or thread woven or knitted into a cylindrical or polygonal
shape close at bottom as woven knitted or closed by sewing, and open and wide at
top; or of cotton or flax, or woven or felted wool, or paper fibres, sewn or made up
or compressed into the shape of these vessels or of other equivalent fibrous material.
And these vessels may also be constructed of natural vegetable fibres, such as of straw,
hay, esparto or other grass, hemp, wood shavings or fibre parchment or other equi-
valent vegetable substances woven or plaited into the shape of the vessel which
would contain the soil and not get destroyed with water, and grow the seeds or
cuttings into plants or shrubs, and when transplanted into the open earth would
gradually decompose or break up with the expansion of the roots of the plant, and
afterwards act as a manure to the plants thus grown.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is.
First. The sowing or planting of seeds or cuttings of flowers, plants, or shrubs in
bags or flexible vessels or receptacles formed of fibrous or vegetable material, for the
purpose and advantage of transplanting these, substantially as set forth.
Second. The herein described mode or method of growing or transplanting of
flowers, plants, shrubs, and such like vegetable substances in vessels or receptacles
formed of fibrous or vegetable material, substantially as set forth.
Third. The constructing and use of vessels or receptacles formed of fibrous or
vegetable material, for sowing or planting and growing and transplanting flowers,
plants, shrubs and such like vegetable substances, substantially as and in the manner
herein set forth.
Dated the 11th January 1890.