Growing Orchids or other Plants in.
Year: 1885

page_text: Growing Orchids or other Plants in.
I, JOHN COWAN of the Vineyard and Nurseries, Garston in the County of
Lancaster Nurseryman, do hereby declare the nature of my said invention for
IMPROVEMENTS IN ARTICLES, RECEPTACLES OR APPARATUS FOR GROWING ORCHIDS
OR OTHER PLANTS IN " to be as follows:-
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In the growing of orchids and other plants with very delicate roots that require
air and thorough drainage, it is frequently the practice to plant them in pots, pans,
cylinders or baskets having holes here and there in the sides through which the
roots come out and overlap the sides. Now the disadvantages of these articles
are, 1st that unless the holes are large, numerous, and close together the roots may
creep for long distances to find a hole, and even then pass it. 2nd that it is almost
impossible to re-pot them without either tearing the roots, or smashing the pot or
both, and 3rd, that if the holes are large and near together the pot is very fragile.
If instead of these a basket be used, it is apt to rot just as the plant is getting a
firm hold.
Now my invention is designed to avoid these evils and at the same time to form
a highly useful and ornamental article I form my article, whether pot, pan,
cylinder or basket shaped, of substantially the same materials and in the same
manner. If the article be low and of large diameter, it is a pan, if of greater
height and slightly conical it is a pot, if cylindrical instead of conical it is called
a cylinder, while if it be of any of these shapes, or rectangular or pyramidal, or of
other form, and have a pair of suspension points and chains or handle, it becomes
a basket. It is in fact unimportant what form it has, so long as it possesses sides
and a bottom. These are made on the following plan. The rim and the outside
of the base are stout rings connected by a series of pillars or strips forming the
sides, or to put it in another way the sides of the article between the bottom and
top rings are formed of a series of slits wide enough for the roots or rhizomes to
find their way out of with ease, and said slits preferably extend from the top ring
to the bottom. But they may in the case of rectangular pots, pans, cylinders or
baskets extend from side to side of the square. If the article be intended for a
basket, two or more lugs, pins holes, or projections are formed in the top ring to
attach the handle to. The bottom is formed with a hole or holes like that of an
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page_text: ordinary flower pot, but is hollowed out below, and has also round the circum-
ference below a few projecting feet. A series of these pots, pans, baskets or
cylinders are made one to fit inside another with considerable play or space
between for earth, compost, or other material. The article is preferably placed on
a small inverted pan in a larger pan filled with water; this prevents slugs and
many kinds of insects from getting to it.
The mode of using this pot, cylinder or pan is as follows:-
The orchid or other plant is potted in the usual manner, and placed on the two
saucers. When the roots have well overrun the pot, instead of re-potting the
orchid, pot and all is placed in a larger sized pot. The slits are preferably so
arranged that a pillar of one pot shall be opposite each slit in the other. This
prevents the roots from projecting out radially, but obliges them to take a
circumferential position. Baskets and cylinders can be nested in precisely the
same manner as pots.
WP. THOMPSON & Co.,
Of 6, Lord Street, Liverpool,
and 323, High Holborn, London,
Patent Agents for the Applicant.

page_text: пирогощени In Articles, Receptacles, or Apparatus Ior
Growing Orchids or other Plants in.
I, JOHN COWAN of the Vineyard and Nurseries, Garston in the County of
Lancaster, Nurseryman, do hereby declare the nature of my said invention for
"IMPROVEMENTS IN ARTICLES, RECEPTACLES OR APPARATUS FOR GROWING ORCHIDS
OR OTHER PLANTS IN" and in what manner the same is to be performed, to be
particularly described and ascertained in and by the following statement :-
In the growing of orchids and other plants with very delicate roots that require
air and thorough drainage, it is frequently the practice to plant them in pots, pans,
cylinders or baskets having holes here and there in the sides through which the
roots come out and overlap the sides. Now the disadvantages of these articles
are, 1st that unless the holes are large, numerous, and close together the roots may
creep for long distances to find a hole, and even then pass it. 2nd that it is almost
impossible to re-pot them without either tearing the roots or smashing the pot or
both, and 3rd that if the holes are large and near together the pot is very fragile.
If instead of these a basket be used it is apt to rot just as the plant is getting a
firm hold.
Now my invention is designed to avoid these evils and at the same time to form
a bighly useful and ornamental article. It is best described by aid of the accom-
panying drawings, in which
Figure 1 is a section showing a nest of pots placed one inside the other placed on
an inverted pan, and the whole resting in a saucer.
Figure 2 side elevation of a pot.
Figure 3 a cylinder.
Figure 4 a section of a nest of pans.
Figure 5 a side elevation of a pan.
Figures 6 and 7 two varieties of rectangular pots or boxes all on the principle of
my invention.
I form my article, whether pot, pan, cylinder or basket shaped of substantially
the same materials and in the same manner. If the article be low and of large
diameter, it is a pan, if of greater height and slightly conical it is a pot, if cylin-
drical instead of conical it is called a cylinder, while if it be of any of these shapes,
or rectangular or pyramidal, or of other form, and have a pair of suspension points
and chains or handle, it becomes a basket. It is in fact unimportant what form it
has, so long as it posesses sides and a bottom. These are made on the following
plan. The rim and the outside of the base are stout rings connected by a series of.
pillars or strips forming the sides, or to put it in another way the sides of the
article between the bottom and top rings are formed with a series of slits wide
enough for the roots or rhizomes to find their way out with ease, and said slits
preferably extend from the top ring to the bottom. But they may in the case of
rectangular pots, pans, cylinders, or baskets extend from side to side of the square.
If the article be intended for a basket, two or more lugs, pins, holes or projections
are formed in the top ring to attach the handle to. The bottom is formed with a

page_text: hole or holes like that of an ordinary flower pot, but is hollowed out below, and
has also round the circumference below a few projecting feet. A series of these
pots, pans, baskets or cylinders are made one to fit inside another with considerable
play or space between for earth, compost, or other material as set forth in Figures 1
and 3. The article is preferably placed on a small inverted pan in a larger pan or
saucer filled with water as shown in Figure 1; this prevents slugs and many kinds
of insects from getting to it.
The mode of using this pot, cylinder or pan is as follows.
The orchid or other plant is potted in the usual manner, and placed on the two
saucers. When the roots have well overrun the pot, instead of re-potting the
orchid, pot and all is placed in a larger sized pot. The slits are preferably so
arranged that a pillar of one pot shall be opposite each slit in the other. This
prevents the roots from projecting out radially, but obliges them to take a circum-
ferential position. Baskets and cylinders can be nested in precisely the same
manner as pots.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
Invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what
I claim is
1st. The pots, pans, cylinders, boxes, baskets or other articles manufactured
substantially as and for the purposes described.
2nd. The manufacture of pots and other plant containers of a stout skeleton
frame with its uniting surfaces formed of bars of the same material with spaces
between for the roots to pass through.
3rd. The apparatus for growing orchids consisting of a nest of porous vessels
perforated by slits and having wide spaces between for compost etcetera, so that as
the plant gets too large for one, it can, vessel and all be placed with more compost
in the next substantially as described.
WM P. THOMPSON & Co.,
Of 6, Lord Street, Liverpool,
and 323, High Holborn, London,
Patent Agents for the Applicant.