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FLOWER-STAND AND FOUNTAIN. 
The desire to furnish the refreshing foliage and the charming 
flowers of the vegetable kingdom, during the time of year when 
wo are compelled to remain within doors, has led to the con¬ 
struction, for a great length of time, of stands for flowers, and 
lately fountains have been added to enliven these delightful ! 
ornaments. 
Fig. 2 represents, in section, this simple contrivance. 
Fig. 1. Fountain by air-pressure in a cast-iron stand. 
The accompanying cut {fig. 1), is a design of this kind, suit¬ 
able for different materials, wood or iron, the form and size of 
which can be varied according to the taste to be suited and the 
The upper reservoir has an addition, in the form of a basin ; in 
the bottom of which, on a little elevation, is a hole, closed by a 
screw, a, where water can be poured in with a funnel. The short 
pipe in the middle of the basin, from which the jet proceeds, 
must be inserted close to the bottom of the upper reservoir. 
When the upper reservoir has been filled with water, the hole 
is closed with the screw, and the same fluid is poured into the 
basin until it flows through the discharge-pipe into the lower 
reservoir. As soon as the stream has begun, the fountain com¬ 
mences to play. The water accumulating in the lower reservoir, 
drives the air therein through the pipe d into the reservoir e, 
compresses it there with a pressure equal to the weight of the 
column of water in the pipe e upon the air in the lower reservoir, 
and in this way the water is forced through the small nozzle of 
the basin-pipe, into the atmosphere above, and falls again in the 
basin, whence it flows into the lower reservoir and continues to do 
so until the contents of the upper reservoir are expelled. 
The larger the reservoir, and the smaller the nozzle, so much 
longer will the fountain continue to play with uninterrupted 
force. The jet ceases as soon as all of the water has been ejected 
from the upper reservoir, when that in the lower reservoir can 
be withdrawn by the small stop-cock d, in a convenient vessel, 
and the upper one refilled, and the same circulation takes place 
again. 
The above I have translated from C. Schickler’s Bulb Cata¬ 
logue, Stuttgart, thinking it might possibly aid some of your 
readers to adorn their rooms by this easy and ingenious method. 
The apparatus, which could be made at a low price of gal¬ 
vanised iron, to prevent rusting, could be fitted to a marine 
aquarium, and supply a desideratum for aerating the water which 
has been felt by those having this object of pleasure, and at the 
same time increase its beauty without much additional expense. 
b Is the stop-cock for emptying the lower reservoir when 
necessary.—A- E *—{fimtrican Gardeners' fifonthty .) 
THE COTTAGE GARDENER AND COUNTRY GENTLEMAN, Arim. 10, 1860. 
of an inch long, slender, and inserted in a narrow cavity. 
Flesh yellow, tender and melting, rich, sugary, and 
briskly flavoured, adhering to the stone. Shoots smooth. 
A dessert and preserving plum. Ripe in the middle 
of September. 
St. Cloud. See Goliath. 
St. Etienne. — Fruit medium sized, roundish-oval, fre¬ 
quently somewhat heart-shaped. Skin thin, greenish- 
yellow, strewed with red dots and flakes, and sometimes 
with a red blush on the side next the sun. Stalk half an 
inch long, inserted in a narrow cavity. Flesh yellow, 
tender, melting and juicy, rich and delicious, separating 
from the stone. Shoots smooth. 
A first-rate dessert plum. Ripe in the beginning and 
middle of August. 
St. Martin. See Coe's Late Red. 
St. Martin Rouge. See Coe’s Late Red. 
St. Maetin’s Quetsche. — Fruit medium sized, ovate, 
or rather heart-shaped. Skin pale yellow, covered with 
white bloom. Flesh yellowish, sweet, and well-flavoured, 
separating from the stone. Shoots smooth. 
A very late plum. Ripe in the middle of October. 
{To be continued.) 
skill employed, from the most simple and cheap to the most 
elaborate and luxurious. 
The water-apparatus consists of two zinc reservoirs, japanned 
to prevent rust, (e and f ) of equal size, one of them placed in 
the upper and the other in the lower part of the stand. Both 
are connected by means of two pipes, c and d, which are inserted 
in the leg of the stand, and all except the ends of the pipes, 
closed water-tight. Care must be taken that the pipes are 
arranged properly, or it will not be successful. The upper pipe c 
must reach down low enough in the lower reservoir to allow 
the water to flow, but no air to run backwards. The pipe d, 
through which the compressed ah* travels from the under to the 
upper reservoir, should be inserted in the upper side of the lower 
reservoir and project almost to the top of the upper one, so that 
no water can pass through this pipe. 
