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GARDEN ENGINES AND SYRINGES. 



garden ; the remaining three acres are de- 

 voted to sheep ! Mr. Nesfield's amateur 

 farming- is more profitable than that of most 

 sheep farmers, we are certain. His prac- 

 tice is to buy in autumn, at Smithfield, two 

 ewes per acre. Then in March he buys 

 eight tegs, (last year's late lambs.) The 

 whole are again sold in autumn in fine 



condition. Mr. Loudon has given the de- 

 tail of the management and profits ; the 

 latter being, for the three acres, £18, 15s, 

 lOp. per annum. The pasture surface of 

 the three acres is divided by hurdles ; and 

 the latter are moved every ten days, so as 

 to give the sheep a "fresh bite" from time 

 to time. 



POOLE'S PREMIUM GARDEN ENGINES AND SYRINGES. 



Every good gardener knows how useful 

 and indispensable a good hand syringe, or 

 small engine, is for all plants cultivated 

 under glass. The pores of the leaves can 

 no more be closed by dust, without injury 

 to the perspiratory system of a plant, than 

 diseased lungs can exist without endanger- 

 ing the life of an animal. Frequent sprink- 

 ling over the foliage keeps the breathing 

 function in perfect order, and thereby con- 

 tributes to the luxuriance and vigor of al- 

 most all plants. 



Fig. C2. — A Green-huuse Syringe. 



Having had inquiries for machines of 

 this kind from various correspondents, we 

 are induced to publish cuts of several. 



manufactured by Mr. Mark 

 Poole, of New- York,* which, 

 •for excellence of workman- 

 ship and efficiency, are equal, 

 if not superior, to any that we 

 have yet seen. 



Fig. 62 is a green-house 

 syringe, after Read's patent, 

 acknowledged to be the best 

 yet brought into use. The 

 different forms represent the 

 same syringe with the va- 

 rious caps to regulate the 

 stream of water discharged. 

 a, shows the cap used when a 

 simple stream of considera- 



Fig. 63.-4 Small , , „ . • j , 



Hand Engine. ble lorce IS required ; b, a 

 cap like an ordinary rose, for throwing a 

 gentle shower; c and d, are crooked and 

 goose-neck caps, to turn the shower in any 

 oblique direction, as desired. 



Fig. 63 is a small hand engine, of very 

 convenient size, where the plants to be 

 watered are within a small compass. It is 

 readily placed in a watering pot or pail of 

 water, wherever it is required. 



Fig. 64 is a large and very perfect brass 

 hand engine, — one of the neatest pieces of 

 workmanship that we have seen. It unites 

 a power almost equal to the barrow engine, 



* The agrents in New- York are Mtssrs. J. M. Thorburn 4" 

 Co., 15 John-street. 



