Watering Pots 



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Watering Pots 



danger of sun burning is to be feared. When tlie 

 turf within reach of the spray has been thoroughly 

 watered it is easy to move the sprinkler to a fresh 

 spot. A contrivance of this kind is commonly in 

 use at Ke\v during the summer months. 



WATERING POTS. 



Of late years the garden hose has become so 

 popular that the work done by the time honoured 

 water pot is not nearly so heavy as it used to be. 

 Still, a selection of watering pots, in various sizes, 

 must be considered an essential item in the 



green painted pots are the most common ; they are 

 generally fitted with a cross handle at the top, a, 

 D shaped handle at the back, and the spout is 

 strengthened by stays. The rose may be either 

 slipped on or screwed ; the former is the usual 

 plan. Copper cans with the handle at the back 

 continued over the top in the same line, not across, 

 are to be seen sometimes, but they are expensive. 

 The pattern a French one is, however, handy, 

 and when galvanised iron is employed the cost is 

 considerably reduced. 

 The life of a water can is considerably lengthened 



i'iioto: Cdsseil <t Company, Lia. 



WATER LILIES i<j THE LAKE AT GUKXEKSBUKY HOUSE, ACTON. Fou NOTES ON SPECIES 



AND CULTURE, See NYMPH /EA. 



collection of garden tools. For carrying, pots 

 holding from 3 to 4 gallons are quite large 

 enough. Larger than this they are clumsy, and 

 their great weight when full rather hinders than 

 expedites the work. All pots should be fitted with 

 a detachable rose, but the holes of this often 

 require to be made larger than they are left by the 

 manufacturer before it is fit for use. Small pots, 

 holding from 2 quarts to 1 gallon, are employed 

 for watering pot plants. It is usual to have two 

 roses with each of these, one a coarse and the 

 other a fine one for watering seeds and seedlings. 

 Occasionally an extra length of tubing to affix to 

 the spout is found to be very useful when watering 

 plants on shelves. For watering Strawberries, 

 which are always close to the glass, a rather 

 shallow pot is favoured, and if it has no cross 

 handle, but only the D shaped handle at the back, 

 it is easier to manage. Galvanised iron pots are 

 used more now than formerly ; they are found to 

 be durable, but are, as a rule, rather heavy. Red or 



if, after it has been used, it is turned upside down 

 to drain dry. In some gardens special racks are 

 provided for the cans. An occasional coat of 

 paint is helpful. 



The " high level watering pot " is a name some- 

 times given to Haw's Patent can, which is deservedly 

 in great favour with gardeners and nurserymen. 

 The body of the can is rather shallow, and ter- 

 minates in an open, oval neck. The spout is long, 

 with a mainstay that serves as a handle for 

 carrying, and the rose is a flattened affair, slightly 

 convex on the upper side where the perforations 

 are. The result of this flattened rose, with the 

 holes looking upward, is that the water is forced 

 upwards, describes a graceful parabola, and 

 descends in a fine and gentle spray upon th? 

 plants. Roses with perforations of various sizes 

 are supplied. Without the rose the can is very 

 handy for watering pot plants, much more so, in 

 fact, than the older cross-handled make, which it 

 is rapidly superseding. 



