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the same, and their use is for a similar purpose. They are 

 made of iron; in some it is galvanised, and in others not; one 

 m use here is made of wood, with a powerful pump requiring 

 two men to work it. This is not so handy as the one figured. 



Kg. 6. 



They will aU throw a continuous stream of water to a greater 

 or less distance, according to the power of the engine. 



Fig. 7. 



Wiiniir's Small Portable Garden Engine [fig. 5) is designed 

 for use in the conservatories and other glass structures, and as 

 such is to be recommended. It should be kept standing in the 

 house charged with water, which soon becomes heated [to the 

 temperature of the house, which is an advantage when it is 



Watering Barrow. 



required to be used. It is an excellent machine for the amateur 

 as well as the gardener. The spout or delivery pipe has a 

 regulating contrivance for as heavy or fine a shower of water 

 as may be required. There are also several varieties of this 

 handy instrument in use, but none, I think, that possesses any 

 superior merit ; some of them are very liable to get out of 

 order in a short time. 



Fig. is a Conservatory Engine and Waterimi-pot combined, 

 which is said to be capable of throwing a continuous stream of 



water a distance of about 40 feet.* It is fitted with a registered 

 spreader, and can be used as a garden engine, hand-syringe, or 

 water-pot. 

 l''ig. 7 is a Watering Apparatus not, I think, in general use, 



Fig. 9. — French Watei-mg-pot. 



and is designed to economise labour, and to those who prefer 

 such a mode of watering it is useful. The application of the 



Fig. 10. 



water is the easiest partfof the work ; in other respects I can- 

 not see that much gain would result from its use. 



Fig. 11 

 Fig. 8 is a Water-Barrow of a very simple and inexpensive 

 construction. It is an ordinary tub or barrel suspended upon 



wooden brackets attached to a wooden home with a wheel 

 On one side of the bottom of the tub are a spout and rose', 



.1,^S^- "i"^ oPPOrtraity of figuring tUs.Ts well as the watering-pots rcpre- 

 Hi -h Holbom ' '"' "^ "'l^'"'^'' '" Messrs. Dick Kadcljffe &, Co , oi 



