THE AMATEUR GARDENER'S 



application of insecticides if one had no other 

 use for it. These pumps are of brass, so sub- 

 stantially made that they will last a life-time. 

 The hose will wear out in time, but it can be 

 replaced at slight expense. Beyond this the 

 cost of repairs will be next to nothing. A 

 pump of this kind will prove useful in many 

 ways outside the plant-room and the window- 

 garden. Never depend on rubber atomizers, 

 or little, cheap hand-sprayers for use among 

 your plants, if you want to do effective work 

 there. A florist's syringe will not be needed 

 for regular use among plants when one is the 

 owner of a spray-pump, but it will come in 

 play to most excellent advantage in the use of 

 insecticides, where it is not necessary to make 

 a general application. By its use whatever 

 remedy is advisable can be applied directly to 

 the plant needing it, without interfering with 

 others. Like the pump advised, a good brass 

 syringe will last a life-time. It will be found 

 especially useful in the preparation of emul- 

 sions, which require rapid agitation in order 

 to secure a perfect union of the materials used. 

 Insert the nozzle of the syringe into the liquids, 

 operate the plunger rapidly, and there will be 

 speedy results of a most satisfactory nature. 



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