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The Weekly Florists^ Review. 



MARCH £3, 1S99. 



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No Ij. Method of keeping Cut Flowers. 



barrow to use in taking soil in and 

 out of the greenhouses, where the ordi- 

 nary wheelbarrow cannot be used. Al- 

 though it is about 6 feet long and v/ide 

 enough to hold two good sized soap 

 boxes filled with earth, it can be 

 easily run in the most narrow walks, 

 also turned at the average short turns 

 at the end of the greenhouses. B. 



No. 6 shows at a glance the proper 

 way to keep cut flowers over night la 

 the dark cellar. Make depth of troughs 

 to suit length of stems of the flowers 



ery steel, forged to shap« and welded 

 on to a one-fourth inch gas pipe han- 

 dle. This handle is three to four feet 

 long, in short lengths screwed together 

 with pipe sockets, so that it can be 

 lengthened or shortened as desired. 

 The long handle allows one to reach 

 any part of a bed or greenhouse bench 

 without breaking his back or stretch- 

 ing his arms more than a foot longer 

 than their usual length. It can be 

 made by any blacksmith, and the cost 

 is slight C. 



No. 8 shows a device for applying 



feet from the end left rough. Set the 

 bos with the wire bottom on these two 

 boards and nail one side to the scant- 

 ling. To use the screen, place the 

 rough end of the scantling on the 

 ground and let your helper shovel into 

 the screen while you move the handle 

 back and forth. The photo shows the 

 affair. This device will screen about 

 four times as fast as a man can with 

 an ordinary hand screen. C. 



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Long Handled Hand Weeder. 



you grow. For violets use a frame of 

 2-inch wire netting over trough to 

 support the bunches. Have stopper at 

 lowest end, which should be opened 

 the first thing you do when you go to 

 pack, which will allow the water to 



No. 8. Hoze Nozzle 



run off and stems to drain off surplus 

 water, while you are preparing your 

 boxes. B. 



No. 7 is a modification of the hand- 

 weeders sold in the stores. It differs 

 from them in being made of machin- 



water to the roots of iJlants when it is 

 desirable to avoid wetting the foliage. 

 It is a piece of gas pipe long emough 

 to reach across the bench. It is closed 

 at one end and fitted with a globe 

 valve at the other, which is attached 

 to the hose. The pipe has two rows 

 of small holes drilled in the under 

 side. The holes are drilled at the right 

 angles, so that when the pipe is shoved 

 between two rows of plants there will 

 be a row of jets of water thrown on 

 each row of plants. With a little care 

 no water need be thrown on the foli- 

 age. The photo explains itself. C. 



No. 9 is a device for screening soil 

 or sand that can be made at a cost of 

 about 15 cents. A piece of wire cloth 



No. 9. For Screening Soil. 



No. 10 is a double deck potting bench. 

 The upper shelf holds the soil, the 

 lower one the pots and plants. The 

 upper one is just high enough above 

 the lower one to allow the largest pot 

 in general use around the place to 

 slide under. On the edge of this shelf 



No. 10. Double Deck Potting Bench. 



of the required mesh is put on the 

 bottom of any old box, the top and 

 bottom having first been removed. The 

 wire is attached with small staples. 

 Now take a piece of scantling about 

 four feet long, shave off one end for a 

 handle, and nail two pieces of board 

 on each side about two and one-half 



is fitted a sheet iron spout. In use the 

 pot is pushed under the spout, the 



plant is held in position by the left 

 hand while with one sweep of the 

 right hand enough soil is brought 

 down to fill the pot. There is no 

 changing of hands or going after soil 

 twice. C. 



