AuonST 22, 1907. 



The Weekly Florists^ Review. 



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71-73 Randolph Street, - Chicago 



WATERING DURING SUNSHINE. 



Am I right in watering a garden when 

 the sun is shining on it? I am work- 

 ing on a private place and my employer 

 reprimanded me yesterday for watering 

 when the sun was shining. My garden 

 is exposed to the sun about twelve hours 

 a day and I only work two hours, so you 

 see it would be impossible for me to 

 water it when the sun is not shining 

 It IS a flower garden. There are no veg- 

 etables in it and the soil is only about a 

 foot deep. The way I do it is this: I 

 let the sprinkler stay in one spot until 

 the ground is thoroughly soaked; then I 

 move the sprinkler to another place, and 

 so on until I have soaked, the whole gar- 

 den. Then I let it stay that way for 

 a week, or until it gets dry again. 



Now, the way 1 was always taught 



was to water a plant when it was dry, 

 no matter whether the sun was shining 

 or not. Am I right? C. L. E. 



It is really astonishing to find how 

 many people still believe that watering 

 plants during sunshine is harmful. Have 

 you ever seen foliage burned or plants 

 injured in that way, unless their flowers 

 were dashed by a heavy thunder rain 

 which was immediately followed by bril- 

 liant sunshine? Lawns and flower beds 

 watered by sprinklers during hot, dry 

 weather are much benefited if the water 

 is allowed to run sufficiently long to soak 

 the ground well. The beds, of course, 

 should be stirred up with a hoe the day 

 following the watering. 



Harm is undoubtedly done by those 

 who hose their beds over night after 



night, causing the surface soil to be hard 

 and baked. Your plan is the best one 

 possible and you need not worry about 

 the plants being injured. The advan- 

 tage of watering during gloudy days or 

 at night is that there is no radiation of 

 the water into the atmosphere, as when 

 the sun is shining. 



It is still believed by many that wet- 

 ting foliage while the sun shines is 

 harmful. The reverse, however, is the 

 case. Chrysanthemums and many other 

 window plants are greatly benefited by 

 sprayings overhead during the hottest 

 weather. The same applies to outdoor 

 plants. f ^v 



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