March 28, 1903. 
THE GARDENING WORLD, 
281 
motor power. The same firm also furnish ornamental fountains 
of several very beautiful designs, and suitable for prominent 
positions in the flower garden, or better dressed parts of the 
grounds. Vases, pedestals, garden tables, and other gardening 
implements of that character are of very artistic and beautiful 
designs as a rule. 
WINDMILLS AND GARDENS. 
Some years ago the connection between windmills and gardens 
would have been considered very remote. Since then, however, 
the construction of windmills has so advanced that even in the 
lowest lying countries a regular amount of motive power can be 
ensured. However, taking the case of large gardens or nurseries 
in which no water supply exists, we might readily consider that 
no better system of remedying this state of matters is possible 
than the erection of windmills with water tanks contained in the 
tower. Messrs. J. S. Millar and Sons, engineers of Annan. 
N.B., have made a speciality of these windmills, and are pre¬ 
pared to send full details or quotations to anyone interested in 
this subject. We may add that where any such installations of 
windmills have been erected for various purposes, they have 
worked steadily for some years with practically no attention 
except for the occasional “ lick of paint ” and the necessary 
supply of lubricating oil. By means of the combined windmill 
and water tank contained in the tower the water is raised to a 
high elevation, from which pipes can be led any distance from 
the gardens with the certainty of obtaining sufficient pressure 
at the end. 
—o— 
RANSOMES’ LAWN MOWERS. 
The greatest novelty in Messrs. Ransomes’ catalogue for 1903 
is the motor lawn mower, a description of which was given re¬ 
cently in The Gardening World, and which it is unnecessary 
to repeat here. The catalogue is, as usual, complete and well 
illustrated, showing lawn mowers of all varieties and for all pur¬ 
poses, including the Anglo-Paris, which is a speciality with extra 
length of handle for cutting banks and slopes, and which has 
proved so useful, as many of our readers can attest. 
—o— 
HORTICULTURAL BRASS. 
Messrs. Benton and Stone, Bracebridge Street, Birmingham, 
have issued their list of syringes of all shapes and sizes, and for 
all purposes. He will be a hard man to please who cannot find 
in this list a syringe to suit his fancies or needs. The catalogue 
is well illustrated, and contains in addition a large variety of 
spray pumps, producers, hose fittings in considerable variety, 
lawn sprinklers, hand pumps, fountain jets, and garden chairs. 
All will like the manner in which this catalogue is got up ; each 
article is illustrated, and the details and prices given referring 
to it are well specified and clear. It is scarcely’ necessary for us 
to assure readers of the genuineness of the brass work and finish 
of the articles supplied by this firm, as they are well enough 
known already. A list will be sent post free to all applicants, 
and it is certainly worthy of a place on every gardener’s file. 
—o— 
TWO-WAY HOSE BRANCH PIPE. 
We. illustrate herewith a very ingenious attachment for a 
warden hose, by means of which rose, jet, and tap are combined. 
By turning the front plate a stream of water may be changed 
from a heavy jet to a fine rose, and by turning it a little further 
still may be shut off altogether. The attachment shown is 
Purser’s patent, and may be obtained through any ironmonger 
or garden sundriesman. 
—o— 
WITH’S PLANT FOOD. 
Under the name of sundries and raw materials With’s 
Chemical Manure Company, Aubrey Street, Hereford, discuss 
the question of superphosphate of lime, kainit, nitrate of soda, 
bone meal, and other manures, either of mineral or animal 
origin. These are, of course, the various ingredients out of 
which the general manures are manufactured by those who deal 
in the same. Clever gardeners who have some knowledge of 
chemistry, or the chemical values of these various ingredients, 
can mix them in a manner suited to their purposes, dependent 
upon the plants in their particular care for the time being. For 
those, however, who have not the knowledge necessary to manipu¬ 
late these chemical ingredients, the firm noted have prepared 
several articles suited for the cultivation of particular crops. 
Various manures which they have thus mixed and compounded 
they furnish with names, and in some pamphlets issued to their 
customers describe what these various compositions are suitable 
for. It is not our intention here to discuss the matter of the com¬ 
position of these ingredients and what constitutes plant food, 
but we would refer our readers to the pamphlets in question. 
Various vegetables are classed under headings, and the names 
and quantities of the manures necessary in each case are 
mentioned in this pamphlet or hand-list. 
—o— 
“The /Erator ” is an implement for 
stirring and loosening the soil between 
growing crops of vegetables ; also flower¬ 
beds and any other ground which requires 
frequent hoeing to keep the soil open. It is 
a novelty issued by the Standard Manu¬ 
facturing Co., Derby. 
—o— 
SPAN FRAME WITH NEW VENTILATOR 
A very smart and efficiently constructed frame corning under 
our notice is that offered by Mr. E. Mountney, horticultural 
builder, Mount Street, New Basford, Nottingham. The frame¬ 
work is of strong cast iron, and cased with red deal boards. The 
principle of the \entilation is a bar which swings on two pivots, 
so that it may be lowered or elevated at will." The sashes are 
fitted with a rack at each side, furnished with hooks into which 
the bar fits, and holds the sash in position at any desired 
elevation. 
Arbor Day.— In America, and also in Australia, they have 
the Arbor Day set apart for this purpose. It is a pretty custom, 
which brings with it an immense deal of good. Millions of sap¬ 
lings are thus planted under due supervision. But while the 
Americans have the advantage of this festival, it can hardly be said 
to be arboriculture in its commericial sense. Planting shade trees 
and shrubs will no doubt add beauty and salubrity to the 
straight-built streets, but it is of very little use from the timber 
trade point of view. Quite recently, however, a step towards 
commerical arboriculture has been taken in Finland: Practically 
all education is in Government hands, and it has occurred to 
the authorities that the children might receive tuition in the 
art of tree planting. This would awaken interest in this great 
question, and with very little trouble create thousands of arbori- 
cultural students all over the country. With this idea they are 
now about to train the teachers in the first principles of re¬ 
afforestation, and following this arboriculture will be added to 
the curriculum of the Finnish State schools. The Board has 
further applied to the Home Department to appoint an Arbor 
Day ; when it is planned tree planting will take place all over 
the country. There will, however, be this vast difference between 
the Finnish and American system : that while the children in 
the States have to look to farmers and other friends for saplings, 
their work in Finland will, we gather, be strictly under Govern¬ 
ment supervision, and the saplings will be specially produced at 
the nurseries attached to the Government forest institutes. 
