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however, be borne in mind that the plant is of 

 necessity much reduced in size, and conse 

 quently fails to impress the beholder with its 

 magnificence, but having ourselves seen the 

 plant in full bloom this season, we are enabled 

 to form a correct estimate of its real value. 

 In habit it differs in nothing from the old and 

 well - known form of Canterbury Bell, but 

 whilst the blooms are equally large, both the 

 white and blue, the calyx, in addition, is much 



enlarged, and changed from its ordinary 

 green form to the same colour as that of the 

 corolla, thus adding considerably to its 

 effectiveness as a border plant. Too much 

 cannot be said in its praise, and we strongly 

 recommend this new form of our old favourite 

 flower to the readers of this Magazine. 

 The fact of its coming true from seed renders 

 it everybody's plant, placing it within the 

 reach of all lovers of their garden. 



A CALIFORNIA LA WN SPRINKLER. 



WE have recently received from a friend 

 in San Francisco an automatic 

 sprinkler such as is much in use there, where 

 it is necessary to produce an artificial rain to 

 keep lawns green in summer. It is shewn in 



fig- I- 



A hght tripod, about three feet high, sup- 



Fig. I. — California Lawn-sprinkler. 



ports a revolving head, which consists of 

 three armlike tubes (shewn in lig. 2) attached 

 to a hollow washer that plays around the tube 

 to which the hose is attached, bringing water 

 from a head. The arms are turned a little 

 backward and upward, and the water as it 

 flows out causes them to revolve, flirting a 



fine spray over a circle of from 10 feet to 

 30 feet in diameter, according to the pressure 

 of the water. We are using ours with a head 

 of about 15 feet, and it covers a diameter of 

 20 feet. When this area has been well 



Fig. 2. — Tubes of Sprinkler. 



watered, the machine is moved tonew ground. 

 It requires but little attention from a man 

 working in its neighbourhood, and is a very 

 useful affair in dry weather. We are not 

 aware that they are for sale in this country, 

 but any ingenious plumber could make one 

 (mainly of gas-pipe) without much expense. 



