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The Weekly Florists^ Review^ 



107 



THE FLORISTS' BEST HOSE IS 



"ELECTRIC 



WILL NOT CRACK, SPLIT, BURST OR KINK 



HERE is not— and 

 cannot be any other 

 Greenhouse Hose like 

 ^^Electric^' All impor- 

 tant processes of its manufacture 

 are protected by basic patents. 



A jacket of heavy cotton seine twine is 

 braided — braided, mind you, not wrapped — 

 over a tube of pure rubber. Next, a second 

 tube of rubber — same quality— is put on over 

 the cotton jacket. Another mantle of seine 

 twine is braided around the second tube. A 

 third tube — corrugated lengthwise — is put on 

 over the second cotton jacket. 



Each of the five altematmg; sections of rubber and 

 of cotton is a complete hose in itself. 



The hose is then eocased in metal tubes, or moulds, 

 500 feet long. Liquid under high pressure is put inside 

 the hose and locked in. The whole is then placed in a 

 sealed oven and live steam turned on. This steam 

 heats the liquid, causing it to expand and force the hose 

 against the metal tube. A pressure of 500 pounds to 

 the square inch is applied. 



The rubber tubes and the braided cotton 

 jackets are amalgamated or vulcanised by the pressure; 

 converted into a single or unified fabric of mingled 

 rubber and cotton. 



Before it leaves our factory, every foot of Electric Hose is tested 

 by a water pressure of 400 pounds to the inch. Ordinary pressure 

 used by Florists for syringing is 40 to 60 pounds - and frequently 

 bursts ordinary hose. 



This is wliy you sliould 

 ALWAYS USE <« ELECTRIC" HOSE 



Not the clieapeat, but THE LEAST EXPENSIVE for Eiarists. 



For Sal« bj all Florists* Supply and Seed Houses. 



Electric Hose & Rubber Co. 



Wilmington, Delaware 



