Popular Science Monthly 



the one decorating the northwest corner. 



The sohtary survivor is exceptionally 

 hale and hearty season after season. It 

 never seems to be affected by the summer 

 droughts, but remains green even when 

 the trees in the Court House yard are 

 yellow for lack of rain. 



How were the trees planted? Some think 

 that birds carried seeds that lodged in the 

 crevices between the stones; others believe 

 the seed or sprout to have been in the 

 mortar used in laying the rock. 



At one time there were no less than seven 

 of these tiny trees growing on this tower 



A Miniature Grove that Grew on a 

 Court House Tower 



IN the summer of 1870 a citizen of Greens- 

 burg, Indiana, whose name posterity 

 has not preserved, was examining the Court 

 House tower with a spyglass, when he 

 noticed a small sprig springing from 

 the third crevice above the water 

 sheet on the southeast corner 

 of the tower, one hundred and 

 ten feet above the ground 

 He watched that sprig grow 

 to be a tree. Now the tree 

 is one of the local wonders. 



During the late seven- 

 ties, other trees sprang 

 up on the tower. At 

 one time there were no 

 less than seven. The 

 entire grove was allowed 

 to flourish until the 

 Court House was re- 

 modeled in 1888. It was 

 then deemed necessary to 

 remove some of the trees, 

 inasmuch as the largest was 

 increasing in girth to such 

 an extent that apprehension 

 was felt for the roof. Three 

 other small trees were r "moved 

 at the same time. Smce then 

 all the others have died except 



A Combined Waterpot and Hoe for 

 the Gardener 



A SIMPLE transplanting device which 

 is nothing more than a borer and a 

 watering tube combined in one instrument, 

 makes it possible for the gardener to wet 

 the ground while he is digging a hole in it 

 and to water a plant immediately after he 

 has prepared a bed for it. 



A can containing the water is strapped 

 to the gardener's back. Attached to an 

 outlet in the bottom of the. can is a tube 

 which carries the water to a nipple fastened 

 to the borer. The tube is ordinarily kept 

 closed by means of a compressor. When 

 the gardener wishes to water the plant or 

 soak the ground, he presses down a button 

 which releases the compressor and allows 

 the water to flow out of the nipple. In its 

 normal position the borer and the 

 watering tube are at right angles 

 to each other, so that it is nec- 

 essary only to turn the wrist 

 to use either one. The 

 inventor is Herman C. 

 Moen, of Madison, Wis- 

 consin. With this device 

 the farmer can set out his 

 plants and water them 

 before they wilt. 



NOZZLE 



WATER FROM 

 RtCEPTACLE 



With the new device the gardener can dig a hole and water 

 the soil at the same time, simply by turning the wrist 



