DESIGX FOR A GEOMETRIC FLOWER GAUDEIt. 



with the facility of transporta- 

 tion of the small hand engine. 

 It throws a powerful and stea- 

 dy stream of water, and may be 

 placed in a pail or cask of wa- 

 ter at any convenient point, or 

 made a fixture, if the latter 

 is preferred. 



Fig. 65 is called the barrel 

 engine. It is intended, proper- 

 ly, for large hot-houses, to be 

 filled and carried by two per- 

 sons to any desirable point ; it 

 being more easily managed than 

 a barrow engine within doors. 



Fisr Gi.-- A Brass -r,. nr> • i 



Hand Engine. Fig. 66 IS a barrow engme, 

 and is a most efficient watering machine 

 for out-of-door uses, — lawns, flower parter- 

 res, washing diseased fruit trees, and the 

 like purposes. It is also a useful protec- 

 tion against fire when first discovered ; be- 

 ing always at hand, and easily worked by 

 one person. This engine is very perfectly 

 constructed, and the water box is provided 

 with a strainer to prevent any impurities in 

 the water from entering the valves, so as 

 to derange its operation. 



These engines are all constructed after 

 the latest pneumatic improvements. The 

 facility with which they are worked, and 

 the volume and uninterrupted flow of the 

 stream or shower discharged, render them 

 greatly superior to the old machines, with 



Fig. 66. — A Bnrrotv Engine. 



the simple valve and air chamber of the 

 common forcing pump. We are glad to be 

 able to recommend them to our readers as 

 very superior and complete implements, 

 which are certain to ffive entire satisfaction. 



DESIGN rOR A GI30METRIC FLOWER GARDEN. 

 BY ER. WM. W. VALK, FLUSHING, L. I. 



I SEND you a plan for a geometrical flower I the French parterre, or geometrical flower 

 garden. It was designed by Mr. Brown, garden, is, above all others, the most to be 



gardener to the late Duke of Buckingham, 

 and is a very pretty thing of the kind. 

 When the nature of the ground will admit, 



recommended, for many situations, because 

 it readily admits of the largest display of 

 flowers throughout the season. There is 



