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Show Fiowerpot Fertilizes Plant. A flowerpot which disintegrates and fertilises the plant contained in it when the latter Is placed In a garden, gar-den, has been patented recently, says Popular Mechanics Magazine. These new containers are made of clay , re-enforced re-enforced with straw or Jute, the clay being mixed with some suitable fertilizer. fer-tilizer. This material is molded un. der pressure and then sun or klln-drled but not burned. The pots are filled with earth and used in the ordinary way until the plants they contain are ready to be set out. Then, instead of removing tho small plants from their container, they are set In the ground, pot and all. Within a short time the holder disintegrates, fertilizing the roots. |