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

 These are very useful for gathering a few bunchea of 

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



Sectiox 4. — ^Machines for Watering. 



The Hand-Syringe (fig. 1S9). — This is a very useful 

 Implement for sprinkling and washuig 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 tlie 

 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, hatul-engines^ barrel-engines^ and hw' 

 rote-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 atfair in gardening 

 under our hot sun and pro- 

 „,.n„.„x.,^ x,^,. tracted drouths. 



-WATERING-POT. 



7^he jBarroic - JEngine (fig. 

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

 moved from one j)lace to another. The improved kinds are 

 easily worke<l, and the water-box, being ])rovided with a 

 strainer, excludes anything likely to derange its operations. 

 I'he Garden Watering-jwt (fig. 191). — This is a tin 

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

 lons of water, with a spout sia 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 hwge or 

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

 shower. Every ])ot may have several roses, pierced with 

 boles of various sizes, to adapt them to difierent purposes. 



