APRIL 5, IDOC. 



The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



J479 



The Wittbold Watering System 



THIS SYSTEM WAS DEVISED FOR GREENHOUSE WORK 



but can also be used for outside work with best results. It consists of pipes and tips so arranged that a continuous sheet of 

 'water the full length of the house can be supplied to a bench of plants and at the will of ihe operator can be directed upward 

 from underneath the plants, downward from above the plants or parallel with the bench so that only the soil in the bench is 

 watered. It can be used for syringing or watering. An entire house can be watered or syringed in only a few minutes. It is a 

 permanent asset after being once installed, as it will never wear out, it is inexpensive and will save its cost in hose and labor 

 in the first six months. 



Here Are Letters from Well-pleased Users 



The balance of our watering machine nozzles arrived to-day. 

 Please rush out the balance of our fittings, etc., at once, as we 

 wish to have our entire range fitted up with your watering system. 

 We are much pleased with the working of the section which we have 

 in at present and we are perfectly satisfied that the time will be 

 very short when all uxHto-dkta growers will use your system Instead 

 of the present method of watering with the hose. 



In reply to your Inquiry as to the nozzles, I wish to say that we 

 do not believe it possible to improve upon them, as they do not clog 

 up, and when spaced the proper distances apart they throw exactly 

 the same amount of water In all parts of the bench. We think 

 the smaller size nozzles would be better for some things, say cuttings 

 or transplanted seedlings, small pot stuff, etc., but we like the 

 large half-Inch nozzles best and think that they are the thing for 

 all benched crops. We place them sixteen feet apart and have the 

 feed pipe about four feet above tlie soil in the benches. We, how- 

 ever, have a very high water pressure here and with less pressure 

 the nozzles would have to be closer together. We are more than 

 pleased with our experiment and feel safe to predict that mechanical 

 watering can and will be used for all greenhouse crops in the near 

 future. W. B. DAVIS & CO. 



Aurora, 111., Feb. 2, 1906. 



Some time ago we put In one hundred feet of your watering sys- 

 tem on trial and find it has given perfect satisfaction. Please send 

 us five hundred feet more as soon as possible, and when we can get 

 to It we want eighteen hundred feet more to fit out our other houses. 

 We think the system a very good thing and consider the labor 

 saved by It will pay for the apparatus In one season. 



Trusting that you will send the five hundred feet at your earliest 

 possible convenience, we remain, Yours truly, DAVIS BROS. 



Morrison, 111., July 28. 1905. 



Your watering system which we ordered as an experiment and 

 with which we equipped one of our rose houses is doing the work 

 to our entire satisfaction, and we have decided to equip five more 

 houses with your system. You may send us at your earliest con- 

 venience 1,000 feet ready to put up. 



We wish to state that your system of watering is certainly a suc- 

 cess and when better known will be universally used. The time 

 saved in labor will pay for the system In a short time. 



Kindly rush this order, as we have time at present to do the 

 work. KLEHM'S NURSERIES. 



Arlington Heights, 111., Feb. 10, 190C. 



In regard to your watering system, I think It a fine thing. I have 

 raised one crop of lettuce and did not use the hose once. It waters 

 a space about twenty feet wide and the way we put It In the cost 

 is not very much. I used black pipe and cannot see but It Is as 

 good as galvanized. This is the last winter I shall use a hose. 

 Will pipe all my place before another winter. Will have 46,000 feet 

 all in lettuce, so you see the water problem Is a serious one with 

 me. My houses are thirty-four feet wide and two lines water 

 them well. 



I see no good reason why it should not come Into general use and 

 wonder why greenhouse men have not taken hold more. I certainly 

 would be glad to recommend it to anyone. The water is put on 

 more evenly tlian the average man will with a hoee, and another 

 great advantage, the watering can be done at the best time for 

 the good of the plants. 



I wish you the best of success with your system and anything I 

 can do to help you to Introduce It will be glad to do It. 



STEPHEN HYDE. 

 Carthage, Mo., Feb. 6, 1906. 



[Note that each letter contains a re-order— that's what talks] 

 It will pay grrovers to visit either of the Geo. Wittbold Co.'s two places or any of the above and see the system working. 



The system can be fed from one end if sufficient pressure is available and a swivel wheel used to ttim the pipe. This is 

 the most simple means of giving same a trial. Swivel wheel will cost $2.00 and '.>-inch nozzles (which can be screwed into tees) 

 50 cents each. These can be placed on pipe from 10 to 50 feet apart, according to pressure of water. 



A swivel wheel and six nozzles, which will cost 

 $5.00, will be the best investment a florist can make and 

 will show exactly what the system will do. 



When watering or syringing is to be done and spray is 

 obstructed by foliage, my small nozzle and >^-inch pipe 

 tapped and fed every 25 feet is best. This system with all 

 connections and pipe ready to put up will cost you $20.00 per 

 100 feet. 



The Wittbold Hose Nozzle 



for greenhouse or garden use is far superior to 

 anything on the market, the spray can be 

 changed instantly from a fine fan-shaped spray 

 into any form or shape the operator may desire, 

 by simply pushing a sleeve backward and for- 

 'ward. This can be done as 

 qtiickly as taking the finger 

 on and off the hose. 

 Price $1.00. Handled by Seedsmen. 



LOUIS WITTBOLD, 



PATENTEE 

 1708 NORTH HALSTED ST., 



CHICAGO 



