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" Shelf Watering Can " with pear-shaped body, from Mr. Haws^ 

 227 Lower Clapton Road, London, N.E. A wedge-shaped can made 

 of stout japanned tin-plate. Its form makes it convenient for use on 

 wide shelves or amongst plants stood on inverted pots on a stage. 

 Fitted with a curved spout joint and one rose. 



" New Bulb and Rock Garden Hoe," from Messrs. Barr, 12 King 

 Street, Co vent Garden. A small hoe, the blade of which is the size 

 and shape of a cleek-head, fastened by the narrov/er end at right 

 angles to the ash handle. It is very useful for hoeing among close- 

 planted rows, or in small beds such as are found on Rock Gardens. 



Hand Garden Cultivators, from Messrs. Barr, 12 King Street, 

 Covent Garden. A set of tools consisting of long, detachable, curved, 

 spring-steel teeth set in strong ash handles. They were found excellent 

 for stirring the soil, for removing such weeds as couch, and for dragging 

 weed {Villarsia) from the lily ponds. Three sizes were submitted : 



(1) " The Cuma," which had three teeth and was 21 inches in length ; 



(2) " The Caxton," which had three teeth and was 4 feet long ; (3) 

 " The Buco," which had five teeth and was 4|- feet long. This was 

 considered to be useful only for Hght soils. 



Garden Spade, from The Hardy Patent Pick Co., Sheffield. A 

 well-made and well-balanced tool which wears well. 



Garden Fork, from The Hardy Patent Pick Co., Sheffield. A good 

 tool, strong, light, and durable. 



Miscellaneous. 



Commended. 



" The Fothergill Flower Press," from Dr. C. Fothergill (Atlas 

 Manufacturing Co., Stanley Road, Woodford, Essex). The press is 

 composed of two frameworks of stout wire, 14 inches long and 9 inches 

 wide, covered with thin wire mesh. The plants to be dried are laid 

 between layers of v/adding, of the same size as the grids between which 

 they are placed, and tightly bound together by webbing straps. The 

 whole press may be put before a fire, when the drying proceeds rapidly. 



Other subjects were submitted for trial by the following Srms : — 



Messrs. Acme Chemical Co., Tonbridge ; Andrews, Bickley ; Barr, 

 Covent Garden ; Bentley, Barrow-on-Humber ; Boundary Chemical 

 Co., Liverpool ; Cooke, Glasgow ; Cooper, Berkhamsted ; Evans, 

 Stratford-on-Avon ; Four Oaks Co., Sutton Coldfield ; Gardener, 

 Finsbury Park ; Gripper Mfg. Co., Leicester ; Hartjen, Noble Street, 

 E.C. ; Jeyes, Cannon Street, E.C. ; Moss, Fleet ; Napier, Eastry ; 

 Price, Battersea ; Purser, Birmingham ; Richards, Borough High 

 Street, S.E. ; Robinson, West Bromwich ; Schoberts, Leadenhall 

 Street, E.C. ; Singleton, Fulwood ; Sutton, Gomersal ; The British 

 Challenge Glazing Co., Tooley Street, E.C. ; The S.P. Charges Co., 

 St. Helens ; Voss, MiUwall ; Walters, Bilton ; Welch, Bournemouth ; 

 West, Higham Hill ; W^ood, Walworth Road, S.E. 



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