A New and Improved Pot, Pan, Basket, Box, or other Receptacle or Holder for Trees, Plants, and Flowers.
Year: 1889

page_text: Date of Application, 8th Feb., 1889
Complete Specification Left, 14th May, 1889-Accepted, 6th July, 1889
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
A New and Improved Pot, Pan, Basket, Box, or other Receptacle or
Holder for Trees, Plants, and Flowers.
I WILLIAM WEST of No. 18 Albion Street Leeds in the County of York Tailor
and Draper do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
The object of this invention is to form a tree plant or flower pot box or other
holder or receptacle which I hereinafter call a holder and that will allow of Heat
Air and moisture being brought into contact with the roots of the plant contained in
such holder and to permanently attach a saucer pan or other receptacle to the bottom
of such holder so that the whole may be in one piece and at the same time be
efficiently ventilated.
The holder may be made of clay wood Iron or any other more convenient material
and may be of any shape.
In the sides or circumference of any tree plant or flower holder I make several
longitudinal slits about of an inch in width or wider as required by the size of the
holder commencing near the top of the holder and reaching from thence to the bottom
of the side or circumference of the holder and continuing along the bottom and
ending near the centre thereof This avoids the evil tendency of the roots being
drawn to one central hole in the bottom as is usual.
I construct the holder with feet or a perforated flange half an inch or more in
depth to which feet or flange is permanently attached a saucer or other receptacle for
water liquid manure or other material thus giving a material element of strength and
utility The holder has no hole in the centre of the bottom as in the ordinary flower
pot The length and width of the slits will vary according to the species of tree
plant or flower for which the holder is required.
This method of construction and arrangement secures to the tree plant or flower
the maximum of air vapour or heat and the pot or pan has the requisite strength
and portability for all purposes and the fact of fastening the saucer to the feet or
flange at the bottom and of its having no hole in the centre of bottom strengthen
and support the holder which might otherwise be fragile because of the slits made
therein.
The slits in the sides and bottom of the holder being above any water which may
be put in the saucer and below the tree plant or flower prevents the holder from
acting as a syphon to draw the water up but the moisture exhaled draws down the
roots and gives a gentle stimulus to the plant-The saucer may contain either water
or liquid manure so that the roots may descend and be invigorated-The liquid is
also a security against slugs woodlice earwigs worms and various other vermin which
will not cross water-The saucer would be a most advantageous receptacle for
supplying manure water to fruit trees tomatoes Chrysanthemums roses and other
gross feeders saving much trouble and being cleaner than the ordinary watering
process.
This system would also be most useful in case of orchids and any kindred plants
which require air to the roots and also to all descriptions of ferns and a holder
constructed as described at once combines the strength portability and perfect venti-
lation which is necessary in the cultivation of the most delicate or the most hardy
tree plant or flower.
TL da- as W 1080

page_text: COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
A New and Improved Pot, Pan, Basket, Box, or other Receptacle or
Holder for Trees, Plants, and Flowers.
WILLIAM WEST of Number 18 Albion Street, Leeds in the County of York Tailor
and Draper, do hereby declaro the nature of this invention and in what manner
the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and
by the following statement :-
This invention is to form a tree plant or flower pot hox or other holder or receptacle
which hereinafter call a holder that will allow of Heat Air and moisture being
brought into contact with the roots of the plant contained in such holder and either
to permanently attach a saucer pan or other receptacle to the bottom of such holder
or construct it without a fixed saucer so that the whole may or may not be in one
piece and if not in one piece to be used with the ordinary garden saucer and yet be
efficiently ventilated and possess the requisite strength.
The holder may be made of clay wood iron or any more convenient material and
may be of any shapo or size.
In the sides and bottom of the holder I make longitudinal slits about half an inch
in width and wider or narrower as required by the size of the holder commencing
near the top of the holder and reaching from thence and continuing without interrup-
tion along the bottom and ending near the centre thereof. The holder is made
without any central hole underneath and thus avoids the evil of the roots being
drawn to such hole as is usual. I construct the holder with feet or a flange inter-
sected by the continuous slits, to which feet or flange a saucer or other receptacle
for water, liquid manure or other material may be attached permanently if desired,
or the holder may be constructed independently of the saucer increasing its portability,
strength being obtained by curving the bottom of the holder as shewn by the
drawings. The length and width of the slits will vary according to the species of tree
plant or flower for which the holder is required and the size of the pot. This
method of construction and arrangement secures to the tree plant or flower the
maximum of air moisture vapour or heat and the fact of fastening the saucer
to the feet or flange or where the saucer is not fast of curving the bottom
and of its having no hole in the centre of bottom strengthen and support the
holder.
The continuous slits in the sides and bottom of the holder being partly above any
water which may be put in the saucer and below the tree plant or flower prevent the
holder from acting as a syphon to draw the water up but the moisture exhaled draws
down the roots and gives a gentle stimulus to the plant, and affords a most advan-
tageous method for supplying manure water to fruit trees tomatoes chrysanthemums
roses and other gross feeders.
This holder is invaluable for orchids and all kindred plants which require air to the
roots and for all descriptions of ferns and constructed as described at once combines
the strength portability and perfect ventilation which are necessary in the cultivation
of the most delicate or the most hardy troo plant or flower.
The holder may be made wholly by hand, or on the wheel with the slits cut out by
hand or with the aid of blocks moulds or machinery and finished by hand; or wholly
by machinery.
I will now describe the accompanying drawings
Figures 1. 3. 6 and 7 are plans of the holder with saucer showing slits as on the
linos in Figure 4 and as stated on the drawings.
Figure 2 is an elevation of holder and saucer.
Figures 4 and 9 are sections showing the holder with the saucer attached.
Figures 5 and 10 show the holder in different shapes with slits and curved bottom
and made separately from saucer.
To in a cantion of Figure 11

page_text: 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 1
claim is
1st. The construction of pots pans baskets boxes or other receptacles for trees
plants and flowers with a slit or slits extending longitudinally from any point on the
side of such pot pan basket box or other receptacle and continuously along the bottom
thereof to any extent.
2nd. The construction of such pot pan basket box or other receptacle with feet or
a flange of any material fastened to or made in the same piece with a saucer.
3rd. The construction of such pot pan basket box or other receptacle with a
curved bottom, such bottom having its convex side uppermost and within the
holder.
4th. The construction of a pot pan basket box or other receptacle for trees plants
and flowers materially as herein described.
Dated this Thirteenth day of Mo 1889