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THE LADIES’ MAGAZINE OF GARDENING. 
use the rose, the danger of leakage is increased in their case when there 
is any sediment in the water, as it soon fills up the small holes in the rose, 
and in order to get this cleared from time to time, the rose is made to come 
off. After a little use the water finds a way of escaping at the junction 
between the detached rose and the spout of the watering-pot, and a stream of 
water is sure to descend on the shoes; or, if the plants should be on a high 
shelf, down the sleeves, or over the clothes. I have made a slight im¬ 
provement on watering-pots to do away with these annoyances; and, I 
dare say, it will be useful to many lady gardeners. It is to have the rose 
fixed, instead of coming off in the usual way, and to ha ye a moveable 
square piece of tin inside the watering-pot to cover the hole at the bottom 
of the spout, or where it enters the pot. This piece of tin must be pierced 
with small holes, the same size as those in the rose, and this will so far 
filter the water that nothing can reach the rose, but what can pass through 
it. When the piece of tin becomes choked up, it may be taken out to 
be cleared; and when in use it is kept in its place by two strips of the 
same material, soldered to the side of the watering-pots. Any tinsmith 
can add this strainer in five minutes when he is making the watering-pot, 
if he is told that a strainer is wanted inside the watering-pot over the 
spout to slide up and down like a carriage window. 
Shrubland Park Gardens, 
March 9th, 1841. 
[Having frequently experienced the inconvenience mentioned by Mr. 
Beaton, I have had a watering-pot made according to his suggestion, which 
appears likely to answer very well. It was made of zinc by the Western 
Zinc Company, New Road.— Ed.] 
THE KENTUCKY PLANT-PRESS, 
BY MR. CHRISTIE. 
The Kentucky plant press (of which Jig. 41 is a representation) is made 
of hard dry mahogany, the upper and lower boards b b being 1| inches 
in thickness and clamped at the ends ; the barrel c projects at each side 
three inches beyond the edge of the top board, to allow the cord room 
for coiling around it : the barrel is perforated through its whole length 
that the cord may be in one piece; it can thus be adjusted to an equal 
degree of tension on each side. The central portion of the barrel is fitted 
with a brass rack firmly screwed to it, which receives the point of the 
