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.”
LONDON AND LISBON CORK COMPANY, 28, UPPER THAMES STREET, LONDON.