BRACKET AND FLOWER-POT MADE FROM VIRGIN CORK.
BRACKET AND FLOWER-POT MADE FROM VIRGIN CORK.
BRACKET AND FLOWER-POT MADE FROM VIRGIN CORK.
BRACKET AND FLOWER-POT MADE FROM VIRGIN CORK.
It is easily fastened with nails or wire to Framework or Boxes, and, if desired, can be varnished with oak varnish; small pieces, to cover crevices or for little ornaments, can be secured with sticks of gutta-percha, melted in the flame of a candle or gas.
It can be made into rustic Picture Frames for Hunting Scenes, &c.
Crystal Palace.—A “Grotto,” with Ferns, a “Swiss Scene,” and a “Picture Frame” can be seen in the South Transept of the Crystal Palace, adjoining the Industrial Court.
From the “Englishwoman’s Domestic Magazine.”
“The Virgin Cork supplied by the London and Lisbon Cork-wood Company is taken from the Company’s forests in Portugal, and is a delightful substitute for the old tree-roots and logs of wood ordinarily used in making a fernery. It presents exactly the appearance required, as it looks like moss-grown wood; it is light, and easily carried by ladies, as easily held in position by a nail; it is porous, and not only absorbs, but retains moisture—a quality invaluable to fern-growers.”
“The Virgin Cork supplied by the London and Lisbon Cork-wood Company is taken from the Company’s forests in Portugal, and is a delightful substitute for the old tree-roots and logs of wood ordinarily used in making a fernery. It presents exactly the appearance required, as it looks like moss-grown wood; it is light, and easily carried by ladies, as easily held in position by a nail; it is porous, and not only absorbs, but retains moisture—a quality invaluable to fern-growers.”
From the “Floral World and Garden Guide.”
“It is sold by the Company at a remarkably cheap rate, and is unsurpassed for forming an inside lining to summer-houses and grottoes; indeed, for this purpose it is impossible to say too much in its praise. It is light, clean, and durable; indeed, the common bark used for this purpose bears no comparison with it.”
“It is sold by the Company at a remarkably cheap rate, and is unsurpassed for forming an inside lining to summer-houses and grottoes; indeed, for this purpose it is impossible to say too much in its praise. It is light, clean, and durable; indeed, the common bark used for this purpose bears no comparison with it.”
From the “Villa Gardener.”
“For balconies, where lightness of material is always a desideratum, this Cork is invaluable, and it can be had in designs as varied as can be conceived. We can have it manufactured into bridges, flower-stands, rustic houses in glass, brackets for standing plants upon and for window-boxes.”
“For balconies, where lightness of material is always a desideratum, this Cork is invaluable, and it can be had in designs as varied as can be conceived. We can have it manufactured into bridges, flower-stands, rustic houses in glass, brackets for standing plants upon and for window-boxes.”
From the “Best of Everything.”
“There are few prettier ornaments for a sitting-room than stands made from the first bark stripped from the Cork tree. This has been recently introduced into this country for garden purposes, for which it has proved to be admirably adapted, more particularly for growing ferns, orchids, and other plants of a similar nature. In appearance it resembles moss-grown wood, and no doubt will supersede those stands in imitation of bark made of terra-cotta now so much used for fern-cases, flower-stands, &c.”
“There are few prettier ornaments for a sitting-room than stands made from the first bark stripped from the Cork tree. This has been recently introduced into this country for garden purposes, for which it has proved to be admirably adapted, more particularly for growing ferns, orchids, and other plants of a similar nature. In appearance it resembles moss-grown wood, and no doubt will supersede those stands in imitation of bark made of terra-cotta now so much used for fern-cases, flower-stands, &c.”
LONDON AND LISBON CORK COMPANY, 28, UPPER THAMES STREET, LONDON.