Adoust 18, 1910. 



The Weekly Florists' Review. 



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"Electric" vs. Ordinary 



Rubber Hose for Florists 



THIS is what happens when you try to kink "Electric" 

 Greenhouse Hose. You simply can't do it. The 

 processes of manufacture of this hose are protected 

 by basic patents and are so perfect and thorough that it 

 positively will not crack, split, burst or kink. 



This is the way we do it: 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 tw^ine is braided around the second tube. A third tube — corru- 

 gated lengthwise — is put on over the second cotton jacket. Each of the five 

 alternating sections of rubber and of cotton is a complete hose in itself. The hose is then encased 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 vulcanized 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, which requires numerous patches like this: 



'Electric," made as described above, will outwear, three to one, a hose of ordinary, "lapwelded" construction. 



This is why you should ALWAYS USE "ELECTRIC" HOSE 

 Not the cheapest, but THE LEAST EXPENSIVE for Florists 



For Sale by all Florists' Supply and Seed Houses 



Electric Hose & Rubber Co. 



Wilmington, Delaware 



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