1 8 HOME FLORICULTURE 



your plants with a thin sheet, or a newspaper, when 

 sweeping. It is another good plan to remove them 

 to the kitchen at least once in two weeks, and give 

 them a thorough washing. This helps to keep down 

 insects, and prevents them from becoming incrusted 

 with dust. 



By all means provide yourself with one of the 

 brass syringes ( Fig 2) or elastic plant sprinklers 



FIG 2 PARLOR SYRINGE 



(Fig 3) for sale by dealers in florists' goods. With 

 one of these you can throw a strong stream or a spray 



FIG 3 ELASTIC PLANT SPRINKLER 



of water over and among your plants, and apply it 

 effectively, which you cannot do if you depend on a 



