JUNE: SECOND WEEK 151 



types of lawn sprinklers may be used, but they must be 

 watched carefully and shifted frequently. 



In watering flower beds, which are generally rounded up 

 toward the center, be careful that most of the water does 

 not run down to the outer edge. Shallow furrows between 

 the rows of plants will hold the water until it can sink into 

 the soil. If your lawn is too big to cover at each water- 

 ing establish a system so that the various parts will be 

 thoroughly watered in turn. Here again a thorough soak- 

 ing once a week is better than a daily sprinkling. 



The best time to water is late afternoon. Either wind or 

 sunshine will waste a good deal of water through rapid 

 evaporation. Whenever possible, cultivate the ground 

 soon after watering to reestablish the soil mulch. Individual 

 plants that you are trying to nurse along, or flowers to be 

 grown for exhibition, may be given special attention by 

 sinking a large flower pot near each, with the hole at the 

 bottom loosely corked. Filling this pot every day or two 

 will keep the plant supplied. 



Modern Irrigation for the Garden 



The nozzle-line system of overhead irrigation may be 

 installed either on neat posts of inch gas pipe painted green 

 or white, or hidden along a fence, on top of a pergola, or 

 along the edge of a walk or curbing. It will work well from 

 a considerable height or within a few inches of the ground, 

 provided there are no tall plants near to interfere with the 

 streams as they leave the nozzles. A small, portable, nozzle- 

 line watering outfit is now made with a water motor at- 

 tached, and mounted on wheels, so it may be moved readily 

 from one part of the grounds to another and set up with a 

 few moments' work. It turns automatically and requires 

 no attention except to turn the water off. 



Modern irrigation sprinklers cover a circle some thirty 

 to fifty feet in diameter, and make a very efficient portable 

 watering device. For larger areas, the sprinklers are 

 placed on upright pipes or " risers" at regular intervals, 



