AliVKUTISK.MENT.- 



OUR NEW BAMBOO SHADING. 



In A coiiiiiartiiicnt— tlif Jjaiiiboo iM.-it paniiilly unrolled, with box ami top complete 

 for its protection — the mode of rolli)!^ uji- -the staples, at the bottom of the box 

 inside, to which the upper edge of the Jlat is attached by stout twine — are shewn. 



In B compartment — the cover of the box has been removed to shew the Mat rolled up 

 when not in use. 



CC" are the wooden bearers upon whicli the Slat is supported, 10 to 12 inches above the 

 level of the glass ; iron rods may be used for the same purpose. 



DD, the screw pulleys round wliich the cords run to pull up the Mat. 



To let down the shading, loosen the cords which have been fastened to the 

 hooks placed ill the front wall below the glass, the ilats will fall down l)y their own 

 weight. In rolling U]) again, see that the cord hangs straight down the middle of the 

 Slat, then pull up steadily and fasten. 



The Mats aie fastened above to 5 or 6 stn]ilcs, firmly driven in at the bottom of the box 

 cover inside, by tying to them the thick bamboQ at the end of the Jlat, with strong twine. 



It is as well "to have a wooden roller tied by string to the lower end of the Slat, to make 

 it roll up more easily. 



In our variable climate, even during the spring and summer months, although one 

 day may be bright and cloudless as in the tropics, yet the chances are that iu the next 

 we may not get a glimpse of the sun. and this fitful condition alike holds good from 

 hour to hour. Tliis ]ioints to the necessity of whatever shading is usrd being of a move- 

 able description, for when fixed, not only is it there intercepting the light froni the 

 plants on the very many days which we get through the spring and summer, wheiein the 

 sun never makes" its api)earance, but even in the brightest weather it is over the plants 

 for many hours from morning dawn to the dusk of evening, Avhen it is not only not 

 ref[uired for the purpose of warding otf the sun, but is inHicting a positive injury by 

 reducing the amount of light. The same holds good with all so.ts of compositions with 

 with which the glass is smeared. — Gardeners' Llironich', vol. ./■., 2'- ^O'i. 



OUFi, NEW BAMBOO SHADING consists of light bamboo rods, a little stouter 

 and stronger than reeds, varying from 3-lCths to 3-8ths inch in diameter, the smaller 

 size alternating with the larger size, while stouter rods, j^-inch thick, are interspersed 

 here and there'' to strengthen the whole, interlaced about every 9 inches apart with a 

 coarse strong and durable twine made I'rom the outer husk of the Cocoa-nut, in widths 

 of from S to"lO feet, and in lengths as ordered. The rods when put up run horizontally, 

 the Slat being perfectly flexible and very light, can, when in use, be easily rolled u|i by a 

 cord fastened above, passing downward and beneath the Slat, round the roller of the Slat at 

 its lower margin, then uj) again to the top, whence passing over a screw pulley, the cord 

 descends again to the bottom of the Slat, where it is within reach of the manipulator. 



THE NEW PlaANT AND BULB COMPANY, 

 LION WALK, COLCHESTER. 



