480 NURSERY AND FRUIT GARDEN IMPLEMENTS. 



grapes, and hold it firmly until it is brought down. 

 These are very useful for gathering a few bunches of 

 grapes from the top of a house or trellis (fig. 188). 



SECTION 4. MACHINES FOR WATERING. 



The Hand-Syringe (fig. 189). This is a very useful 

 implement for sprinkling and washing the foliage of trees 

 in dry weather. There are various kinds, made of tin, 

 copper, and brass, and sold at various prices. Whatever 

 sort is used should have several caps (A] to regulate the 

 quantity or shower of water discharged ; and they should 

 also have an inverted or " gooseneck " one (.B) to throw 

 the stream, if necessary, on the under side of leaves, or in 

 any oblique direction. 



There are, also, hand-engines, barrel-engines, and bar- 

 row-engines, all of which are 

 very useful. In every large 

 garden there should be both the 

 syringe and one of these en- 

 gines; for watering is a most 

 important aifair in gardening 

 under our hot sun and pro- 

 Fig. 191.-WATERING-POT. tKlCted d UtllS - 



The Barrow - Engine (fig. 



190) is the most useful for general purposes ; it is easily 

 moved from one place to another. The improved kinds are 

 easily worked, and the water-box, being provided with a 

 strainer, excludes anything likely to derange its operations. 

 The Garden Watering-pot (fig. 191). This is a tin 

 or copper vessel that may hold from one to four gal- 

 lons of water, with a spout six or eight inches long, by 

 which the water is discharged. There should be a rose or 

 roses, as in cut, to fit on the spout, pierced with large or 

 small holes, by which the water can be discharged in a 

 shower. Every pot may have several roses, pierced with 

 holes of various sizes, to adapt them to different purposes. 



