Artificial Rain in Mr. Burbank's Garden 



The kind of sprinkling apparatus that Mr. Burbank uses 

 and recommends is that here shown. It consists of long pipes, 

 attached to a hose, the pipe having little nozzles at intervals of a few 

 inches, and thus sending forth a series of tiny streams which, rising 

 high in the air, descend on the plants in a shower that closely simu- 

 lates rain from the clouds. The pipes can be turned to 

 throw the spray in either direction, and to regulate the 

 distance at which the shower descends. Remem- 

 ber always that water is food for the 

 plants, absolutely indispensable food. 



