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fixed a brass rod, which is kept in its , hand or the left : by drawing up the 

 place by a collar brazed to the side of spring 6 with the forefinger, the valve 

 the pot. In raising, the rod is pressed is raised by means of the connecting rod 

 by the finger. No. 2 represents the im- : 5, and consequently the water flows 

 provements, which consist in a double , into the tubes 1 and 2; as soon as the 

 lever, acting like the key of a flute. , finger is removed from the spring, the 

 Instead of the steel spring at the end i valve falls, and the water is stopped. 

 of the lever, a spiral one of brass wire | The spring is fixed on the under side of 

 IS fi.xed within the point of the tube, , the handle, and nearly all inclosed in 

 ammediately before the valve, which it that part made to fit the hand. Fig 2 

 shuts; at the other end of the tube is a represents the bottom of the can ; the 

 convex rose of copper, to prevent dirt, dotted line showing the size of the 

 &c., passing into the tube, through the valve; 1 shows the point at which the 

 centre of which passes the rod in con- water flows into the tubes." — Card. 

 nexion with the lever and the valve. 

 No. 3 differs from the preceding only 

 in having a movable curved tube at- 

 tached to the pipe, at the top of which 

 is a very fine rose about an inch in 

 diameter. From the length of tube Z"S, var 



Chron. 



WATER LEMON. Passiflora lauri- 

 folia. 



WATER LILY. Nymphea. 



WATER MELON. Cucumis Citrui- 



( about twenty inches) the pressure of 

 •water is considerable, when the pot 

 held in an inclined position, producing 



WATER PLANTS. See Aquarium. 

 WATER PURSLANE. Peplis. 

 WATER VINE. Tetracera potato- 



a light shower admirably suited to small i ria 



seeds." — Gard. Chron. 



A third invention is Mr. Saul's, and, 

 he says, " it can be constructed at a 

 very little more expense than those in 

 general use. In the annexed sketch, 

 Fig. 1 represents a section of the can ; 

 1 1 are removeable tubes, having roses 

 on their upper ends, while the lower 



WATER VIOLET. Hottonia. 



W A T S N I A . Fifteen species. 

 Green-house bulbous perennials. Off- 

 sets or seeds. Sandy loam and peat. 



WAYFARING TREE. Viburnum 

 Lantana. 



WEATHER. The gardener, even 

 more than the farmer, is dependent upon 



ends slide over the tube 2, fixed into the weather for opportunity to insert and 



the can ; 3 is a valve placed over this to remove the plants under his care. I 



tube, made of strong leather, and hav- shall, therefore, give him all the prog- 



ing a small block of wood on the top nostics which appear worthy of attention. 



like those in common pumps, the bot- 

 tom of the can being wood, the valve is j 

 screwed on it, as shown at 4, in such a 



Fig. 17S. 



manner as to be easily taken off, when 



it requires to be repaired. The rod 5 



)3 connected with the valve 3, and the 



spring 6; when used, the can may be | .23 The'wA'^w/ng-'jt'inV the 



held by the handle, either in the right 



1. The hollow winds begin to blow, 



2. The clouds look black, the glass is low; 



3. The soot falls down, the spaniels sleep, 



4. And spiders from their cobwebs peep ; 



5. Last night the su)i went pale to bed ; 



6. The mooii in hales hid her head. 



7. The boding shepherd heaves a sigh, 

 ■'. For see. a. rainbow spans the sky ; 



9 The icalls are damp, the ditches smell, 

 lit. Closed is the pink-eyed pimperriell : 

 11. Kark 1 how the chairs and tables crack, 

 \i. Old Hetty's joints are on the rack; 



13. Loud quack the ducks. \he peacocks cry, 



14. The distant hills are looking nigh; 



15. How restless are the snorting 5!{)">!f, 



16. The husyfies disturb the kine ; 



17. Low o'erthe grass the sivallow wings, 

 IS. The cricket, too. how sharp he sings : 



19. Puss on the hearth, wilh velvet paws, 

 Sits wiping o"er her whisker'd jaws ; 



20. Through the clear stream the fishes rise, 

 And nimbly catch th" incautious flies; 



21. The glow-worms, numerous and bright, 

 Illumed the dewy dell last night; 



22. At night the squalid toad was seen 

 Hopping and crawling o'er the green ; 



And in the rapid eddy plays; 



