Tools a7id Conveniences of the Year. 



269 



{b) which contains several compartments for the reception of 

 seeds, and which draws up the water and keeps the seeds 

 moist ; a glass cover {a). When the seeds have been placed 



Fig. 



50. 



in the compartments of the block of gypsum, the latter is 

 placed in the pan containing the water. The glass cover is 

 fitted to the block. — R. Betteu, in Der Praktischer Ratgeber 

 im Obst-und Gartenbau, 22g. 



Grape Bags.— (Figs. 52, 53, 54.) The three illustrations 

 show a convenient method of preparing and applying common 

 paper bags to grapes. — Rural New-Yorker, 414. 



Pollinating Bag.— (Fig. SS^ page 270.) Grocer's manilla 

 bags (the ^-Ib. bag is most ser- 

 viceable) are prepared by run- 

 ning a soft string through two of 

 the edges, about an inch from'^ 

 the open end, and the string is 

 tied at one of the edges to keep 

 it from falling out. The bags 

 are dipped into water an instant 



FiF. 51. 



Fig. 52. 



