i AMERICAN HOMES AND GARDENS May, 1912 
THE ART OF WATERING 
RVs T IS doubtful if watering the garden as 
THE SSS (2S it is ordinarily done is a benefit—at any 
(OLDWELL MoTo LAWN MOWE i rate the benefit is not great enough to pay 
R R for the labor lost in the operation. 
There is no question of the value of 
watering plants when it is properly done. 
but the way water is commonly applied is 
so inefficient that it had better not be done 
at all. 
The object of watering is, of course, to 
supply in abundance the moisture which 
plants need in order to grow luxuriantly. 
The lawn sprinkler looks very pretty, but 
much water is lost through evaporation, 
and less falls on the ground than one sup- 
poses. 
The lawn should be watered if it must be 
watered at all, by flooding it with water 
from the hose at night. Let the water run 
freely but without great force from the 
OES the work of three men and three horse i open of the hose. Move the hose every 
hour from 6 p. m. to bed time, and leave it 
for the night where it will cover the great- 
expense of two men and three horses. Stays in WAN est area. If you cannot water the lawn 
order (proved by eleven years service). Expert this way you had better not water it at all. 
; ; The need for water on a good lawn is very 
knowledge not required to operate. Climbs a 20 per little anyway. It is only lawns on shallow 
mowers on a gallon of gasoline per hour. Saves 
cent grade. Leaves no hoof prints. Weighs 2000 NWIAW | OF poor topsoil that need water, and such 
| N Hl lawns should be improved. 
Hy pounds. Keeps the lawn smooth. ies Hi Watering the garden is a difficult and im- 
i Wy when not in use. Over 600 in use by the United AY pore art oe should re ae by all 
Meds : Ae amateurs. atering should be done as 
ey y States Government, and leading Golf Clubs, also on Wy irrigating is) every, weelei of (cond eaes 
uy Public Parks and Private Estates. Write for | every two weeks, with thorough cultivation 
fi Catalog following each watering. Sprinkling with 
a hose does the plants little good, and may 
do harm as it beats and compacts the soil 
Coldwell Lawn Mower Company _\\\ co thar ede water i alearie a ene 
3 is sunny the next day the ground bakes and 
Newburgh, New York ! if not cultivated at once the condition of 
: the garden is worse than before. 
The rule should be, in a long drought a 
weekly soaking followed by thorough cul- 
tivation to conserve the moisture. Newly 
planted trees and shrubs need watering 
every ten days or two weeks. A hill of 
earth four or five inches high should be 
made around each tree, and the water 
should be allowed to fill this and soak away 
in the ground two or three times. The 
next day the earth can be levelled around 
the tree again and if it is wet, dry earth 
| a eee ee J from nearby can be thrown over it as a 
THE LARGEST LAWN MOWER FACTORY IN THE WORLD. mulch. Newly planted trees and shrubs 
should have a cultivated area around them 
ea for the first year at least. 
Evergreens are sometimes helped by 
sprinkling the foliage just at nightfall. 
This should never be done when the sun 
is hot. 
Mulching is sometimes better than water- 
ing, because the mulch once put on stays 
for the season and it cannot do any harm. 
A If it is put on early in the year it keeps 
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é weeds from growing. It should be of 
manure, straw, leaves, grass clippings, pine 
needles or any waste material that will pre- 
vent evaporation. 
When shrubs are planted in mass the 
whole area should be mulched. Individual 
small trees should have a mulch 6 feet in 
diameter spread about them. 
CLEANING COPPERPLATE 
Should always be used around stair- 
way wells and wherever a beam 
abuts its support. 
A. handsome aluminum model 
showing the exact application of the ENGRAVINGS 
3 a HE following recipe for cleaning cop- 
hanger to the beam will be sent post corp eee Ho ‘ 
” al recent issue of Neweste Erfind und Erfahr: 
(H Te Se eastern, cf ae bad Wena Make a solution of forty grammes am- 
Bra monium carbonate in one ae hee ee 
and go over the engraving oth sides), 
L B th C 434-466 Prospect Street cube a sponge or soft brush; then rinse 
ane brothers 0., Poughkeepsie, N. Y. with clear water. Then wash with water 
to which has been added some vinegar and 
rinse out again; to finish, go over the whole 
