Il8 IMPLEMENTS USED BY FRUIT CULTIVATORS. 



most durable of brass. For throwing a single stream, the jet 

 represented in the figure is attached ; for washing dusty foli- 

 age with a soft shower, a rose with many fine holes is screwed 



Fig. i8i.— Garden Syringes. 



on. The syringe is used for washing, watering, destroying' 

 insects, etc. 



Garden Pump (Fig. 182). — This may be used for all 

 purposes of a syringe, in 



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the 



spraying and watering 

 plants, as well as for wash- 

 ing windows, carriages, and 

 protecting buildings against 

 fire. It will hold about a 

 barrel of water, and is easily 

 moved by its handles on the 

 cast-iron wheels. It will 

 throw water forty feet high. 



Net Screens are useful in 

 preventing the attack of 

 birds on rare and valuable 

 fruits upon young or dwarf 

 trees. The net should be 



dipped in a decoction of tan to prevent mildew when rolled 

 up wet. 



Labels for standard trees are useful in retaining the names 

 of the varieties. Purchasers of trees usually neglect the 

 names, and the labels received with the trees being soon lost, 

 nothing more is thought of them till they begin to bear. 

 Curiosity is then excited to know the •' new kinds."' Coniec- 



Fig. 182.— Garden Spray Pump. 



