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your plants with a thin sheet, or a newspaper, when 

 sweeping. It is another good plan to remove them 

 to the kitchen at least once in two weeks, and give 

 them a thorough washing. This helps to keep down 

 insects, and prevents them from becoming incrusted 

 with dust. 



By all means provide yourself with one of the 

 brass syringes (Fig 2) or elastic plant sprinklers 



FIG 2 — PARLOR SYKIXGZ 



(Fig 3 J for sale by dealers in florists' goods. With 

 one of these you can throw a strong stream or a spray 



FIG 3 — ELASTIC PLANT SPRINKLER 



of water over and among your plants, and apply it 

 effectively, which you cannot do if you depend on a 



