IMPROVED DEVICE FOR HOLDING AND GROWING PLANTS, MOSSES AND SEEDS
Year: 1884

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
I ARTHUR BOOTY of Rose Villa Nurseries, Harrogate in the County of York,
Florist, do hereby declare the nature of said invention for "IMPROVED DEVICE
FOR HOLDING AND GROWING PLANTS, MOSSES AND SEEDS" to be as follows:
:-
The object of my invention is to construct a tile fixed by convenient means to
any sort of wall, partition, or other place for the purpose of holding and growing
plants, mosses and seeds,
The tile when constructed and fixed against the wall or partition forms a trough
of an ornamental character, in which can be placed the carth and other material in
which plants, mosses and seeds, may be set for growing and ornamental purposes.
The tile can be continued to any length and provided with loose ends, which
can be applied at any required length or point of the tile, or when required it may
be provided with fixed ends.
The tile or trough may be made of earthenware, metal or other suitable
material.
The tube or trough may consist of one or more projecting compartments.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
I, ARTHUR BOOTY of Rose Villa Nurseries, Harrogate in the County of York
Florist, do hereby declare the nature of said invention for "IMPROVED DEVICE
FOR HOLDING AND GROWING PLANTS, MOSSES AND SEEDS" and in what manner
the same is to be performed to be particularly described and ascertained in and
by the following statement :-
The object of my invention is to construct a tile fixed by convenient means to
any sort of wall, partition, or other place for the purpose of holding and growing
plants mosses and seeds.

page_text: The tile when constructed and fixed against the wall or partition forms & trough
ornamental character, in which can be placed the earth and other material
in which plants, mosses and seeds may set for growing and ornamental
purposes.
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The tile can be continued to any length and provided with loose ends, which
can be applied at any required length or point of the tile, or when required it may
be provided with fixed ends.
The tile or trough may be made of earthenware, metal or other suitable material.
The tile or trough may consist of one or more projecting compartments.
And in order that my invention may be more completely understood reference is 1
|given to the accompanying drawings and to the letters and marks thereon.
RELOCATE
in which plants, mosses and seeds may set for growing and ornamental
purposes.
The tile can be continued to any length and provided with loose ends, which
can be applied at any required length or point of the tile, or when required it may
be provided with fixed ends.
The tile or trough may be made of earthenware, metal or other suitable material.
The tile or trough may consist of one or more projecting compartments.
And in order that my invention may be more completely understood reference is 10
given to the accompanying drawings and to the letters and marks thereon.
DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS.
Figs 1 and 2 are transverse sections of my improvements. Fig 3 is a perspective
view shewing mode of applying the same. Fig 4 is a plan looking on the top.
The wall or partition is shewn at a Figs 1. 2. 3 aud 4. 6 represents a section of 15
tile with one compartment-c.-d is a section of tile with two compartments e and f
These tiles may be continued-to-any-required length, the last tile-being-constructed
to form the end as shewn at-g Fig 4, or the ends may be loose so that-they-can.at_
any time be withdrawn for extension of trough.
The parts are secured to the wall or partition a by nails h or screws or bolts.
The tile-when-constructed and fixed against the wall as at Fig 3-forms a trough
of ornamental character; in this trough-can be placed-earth in which plants,
mosses-and-seeds-may be set for growing.
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The tile or trough may be made of earthenware, or other suitable material.
And although-I-have-only shown the tile-constructed with one or two compart-25
ments, other projecting compartments may if required be employed
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
The arrangement and construction of tiles and application of the same to walls 30
or partitions for holding and growing plants mosses and seeds, substantially as
heroin set forth.