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in the liquid. Its natural tendency is to sink to the bottom. 

 The recently introduced " Vine and Plant Sprinkler," invented by 

 F. A. Tyler, Rome, N. Y., and kept on sale by leading hardware 

 dealers, is the only cheap device now known to me, which makes 

 the hand sprinkling method comparatively convenient, safe and 

 effective. I am using it myself, and am well pleased with it. 

 The annexed figures will make the arrangement and use of the 

 sprinkler plain. In normal condition the escape of the liquid in 

 bottom of reservoir is prevented by the tight fitting rubber cap 

 B (see interior view) pressed against the orifice by means of the 

 spiral spring D. When the rod A is pulled upwards (by 

 operator's middle finger) the liquid enters tube D, falls into the 

 fine rose C, and is forced upon the plant below it, in a fine rain. 

 The same machine, by the interchange of some of the parts, 

 can also be used for sifting the dry mixture, but does not work 

 quite so well. 



In use. Exterior view. Interior view. 



A convenient vine and plant sprinkler. 



Potato beetles are very destructive to egg plants, especially 

 late in the season, after potatoes have matured, and the beetles 

 find no more food except the egg plants of which they are very 

 fond. The slugs can easily be kept off by Paris green applica- 

 tions ; but the beetles often come in such numbers that no matter 

 how many may die from the effects of the poison, their places 

 are at once filled by others, and it is impossible to save the plants 

 from entire annihilation. 



RADISH FLY AND MAGGOT. See Onion Fly. 



SNAILS. The only effectual way of dealing with these, where 

 troublesome, is to set traps by scattering pieces of orange-peel 

 over the ground. The snails are so fond of this delicacy that 

 they will remain clinging to the peel rather than go back to 

 their hiding places at break of day. Examine the traps every 

 morning, and destroy the marauders. 



