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MY GARDEN. 



71), an American invention, in which one tube works within another, and 

 it may be used by the gardener with any amount of force which may 

 be considered desirable. This latter has an india-rubber tube to be 

 placed in a pail of water, by which arrangement a large quantity of 

 water can be thrown in a short time. The orchard-house demands 

 large quantities of water, and requires more powerful machinery. At 

 my garden a Warner's pump (fig. 72) is used to water the orchard- 

 house. It throws large quantities of water with such force, that no 

 aphis can withstand it. The use of the pump involves a consider- 

 able economy of labour, and is thoroughly to be commended. It 



FIG. 72. 



FIG. 73. 



cannot be worked satisfactorily without two men to pump and 

 another to manage the hose, but all the trees in the orchard-house 

 can be thoroughly watered in a very short time. 



In every garden a heavy roller is requisite (fig. 73). The frosts in 

 winter raise the walks and destroy them, and the droughts of summer 

 cause the loose stones to be separated from the paths. Under both 

 these circumstances a heavy garden roller is necessary ; and in early 

 spring, when the worms have thrown up their casts, the grass is equally 

 benefited by a heavy rolling. 



In laying out gardens rods of five feet and ten feet are useful, and 

 occasionally a square is a great help. A compass may be required 

 to determine aspect, though the position of the sun at twelve o'clock 

 always suffices to guide the gardener in this respect. Regularity of 

 rows is secured by the line and reel, and questions of magnitude are 



