Shipping and growing container for bulbs and seeds

Claim 1

A COMBINED SHIPPING AND GROWING CONTAINER FOR PLANTS INCLUDING A GENERALLY RECTANGULAR CONTAINER FORMED FROM A RESINOUS MATERIAL, AN INNER CONTAINER OF THE SAME MATERIAL POSITIONED THEREIN AND SPACED THEREFROM, THE BOTTOM OF THE INNER CONTAINER HAVING OPENINGS THEREIN, A LAYER OF A MOISTURE ABSORBENT MATERIAL BETWEEN THE TWO CONTAINERS, SAID LAYER HAVING INTERCONNECTING CELLS SO AS TO PERMIT THE DIFFUSION OF MOISTURE DOWNWARDLY TO THE AREA BETWEEN THE BOTTOM WALLS OF THE CONTAINERS, SAID MOISTURE BEING ADAPTED TO TRAVEL BY CAPILLARY ACTION THROUGH SAID OPENINGS INTO SAID INNER CONTAINER AFTER WATER HAS BEEN ADDED TO THE ABSORBENT MATERIAL AND A MOISTURE IMPERVIOUS COVER SEALED OVER THE INNER CONTAINER HAVING A REMOVABLE CLOSURE MEMBER THEREIN FOR PERMITTING SAID PLANT TO GROW UP THROUGH THE COVER AND A TRANSPARENT DOME ADAPTED TO BE REMOVABLY SECURED TO THE TOP OF THE GENERALLY RECTANGULAR CONTAINER.