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balanced in the hands, which enables the user to empty 

 with far less muscular exertion than with a pot upon the 

 old plan. 



HAND SYRINGES are useful in watering plants in gar- 

 dens or in pots. They will also be found very necessary 

 in the pit or green-house, in 

 washing the foliage of plants. 

 They should be made of copper, 

 with several caps of greater or 

 less fineness. There should also 

 be an inverted or gooseneck cap, 



Fig. 35. VINE SHIELD. 



for washing the under side ot 

 leaves. They are made of any desired size, up to a gallon. 

 Insects may be expelled from plants by using an infusion 

 of tobacco or sulphur-water for sprinkling them. 



VINE-SHIELDS (fig. 35) are for protecting young plants 

 from the cucumber and squash bugs. The top may be 

 covered with millinet. They should be about eight or 

 ten inches high, and made bevelled, 

 so that one can be set within the 

 other when put away. They are 

 made with or without a pane of 

 glass in the top. Put around any 

 half-hardy plant, with a lock of 

 hay in them, they afford a very Fig " ^.-HAND-GLASS. 

 good protection during winter. With a movable top, 

 containing a pane or two of glass, they are a tolerable 

 substitute for the next described. 



THE HAND-GLASS. The frame is made either of hard 

 wood or cast iron. It is made in two parts, to give air 

 readily to the plants. Its mode of construction is readily 

 seen in figure 36. It is used for protecting and forward- 

 ing vegetables, etc. 



BELL-GLASSES (figure 37) of different sizes are cheaper, 

 and in protecting and forwarding small plants are as use- 

 ful as the hand-glass. 



