APPLIANCES FOR THE AMATEUR's USE I99 



useful things about the place.. It will come into use 

 daily. Use one for a week, and you will wonder how 

 you ever got along without it. These are fitted with 

 hose, to enable you to throw a stream. Each hose has a 

 nozzle which can be adjusted in such a manner as to 

 throw a stream, of a spray of any degree of fineness. 

 The pumps will be found useful in many ways, out- 

 side the greenhouse, as for washing windows or 

 buggies, putting out incipient fires, or applying insec- 

 ticides to plants in the garden. 



The only good substitute for these pumps is the 

 brass syringe (Fig 2) made expressly for florists' use. 



FIG 52 — FOLDING PLANT STAND 



This is another most useful article for showering 

 plants, or the application of insecticides, etc. One will 

 last a lifetime, and will be found a good investment. 

 Use one of them and you will never thereafter depend 

 on rubber sprinklers or hand atomizers. 



Every owner of a collection of house plants ought 

 also to own plant stands for them, either of wood or 

 wire. These enable us to arrange our plants to the 

 best advantage, both for their good, and for decora- 

 tive effect. They will be found more convenient in 

 every way than tables or shelves. Being provided 



