CClxii PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



HORTICULTURAL SUNDRIES. 

 Awards made in 1913.* 



Sprayers and Syringes. 



Award of Merit. 



■f 1. Abol Knapsack Sprayer with patent nozzle and bend from 

 Messrs. E. A. White, Paddock Wood. Container copper ; brass 

 pump (left hand) and air chamber outside ; capacity 3 J galls. Pump 

 easy working ; nozzles giving a fine spray. 



2. Knapsack Spraying Machine, * feclair No. 1/ from Messrs. 

 Cooper, Pegler, Christopher Street, London, E.C. Container copper, 

 capacity 3 J galls. One Vermorel self-cleaning nozzle with three 

 caps, coarse, medium, and fine ; very good sprays ; leather washer to 

 lid. Pump and air-chamber inside, and therefore not quite so accessible 

 as others. Rubber washers to valves. 



3. No. 5. Abol Patent Syringe from Messrs. E. A. White, Paddock 

 Wood. Barrel brass, 1 inch by 20 inches, bend solid ; brass ball 

 valve ; packing cotton waste ; washers leather ; no strainer ; caps, 

 coarse, medium, and fine ; fine spray very fine ; no clogging after use ; 

 drip protector reaching up one-third of barrel. The Committee 

 thought the provision of space for carrying spare caps &c. would 

 improve the outfit. 



4. Spraying Machine, 'Eclair fitamey from Messrs. Cooper, Pegler, 

 Christopher Street, London, E.C. Tinned copper ; capacity 3 J galls., 

 with agitator, otherwise exactly as 'Eclair No. 1 ' mentioned above. 



5. The Demon Continuous Spray Syringe from the Boundary 

 Chemical Co., 27 Cranmer Street, Liverpool. Double action brass 

 pump ; bend detachable and reversible ; plunger leather ; tube 

 1 inch, but barrel 2 inches diameter ; brass ball valves ; strainer at 

 end of 6 ft. rubber hose which dips into bucket ; easily cleaned and 

 renewed ; spray maker pushes out for cleaning ; spray mist-like, 

 continuous ; no clogging after use. 



6. Undentable Syringe No. 9 from The Four Oaks Spraying 

 Machine Co., Sutton Coldfield, near Birmingham. Barrel brass, 

 corrugated (undentable), 1 inch by 20 inches. Angle bend hinged 

 (not included in award) ; three nozzles, straight, fine, and mist spray ; 

 brass ball valve ; cotton waste packing ; leather washers ; no strainer ; 

 no clogging after [use ; outside diameter about 2 inches. Rose spray 

 included. 



* These awards stand for ten years only and lapse in 1923. 



f The order of entry is purely accidental and has no reference to merit. 



