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THE QARDENINO WORLD. 
July 18, igoS. 
Garden Tools. 
BY AN EXPERT. 
Watering Apparatus. 
Since waterworks have been so gener¬ 
ally set up, and an adequate supply of 
water provided in towns and villages, the 
task of watering during the hot summer 
months has been made much lighter. 
Sprinkling and spraying jets and other 
contrivances by which lawns and gardens 
may be subjected to an artificial shower 
of rain, are readily obtainable. Many 
are inexpensive in construction, short re¬ 
volving arms, sending a spray of' water 
in every direction, descending gently in 
showers imitating closely the natural 
rain. A new Sprinkler, working upon 
the vortex system, has found favour, for 
although substantial, it can be readflv 
dragged from one position to another 
without the necessity of a journey to the 
main tap to turn the pressure oft or on. 
Then there are useful nickel-plated jets 
with attachable taps, quite inexpensive 
and very effective. One little sprinkler 
recently placed on the market will cover 
an area extending 18 feet, with a fine 
spray, yet this little apparatus is retailed 
at about three half-crowns. The more 
complicated three-arm revolving sprink¬ 
lers, scattering water in every direction, 
giving a thorough refreshing shower 
penetrating the ground, in every way 
assimilating natural rain, are very effec¬ 
tive. A small fountain in the middle of 
the garden plot has a refreshing and cool¬ 
ing effect on the plants in its vicinity, 
and adds much to the appearance of the 
garden in which it is placed. The new 
jets now available give all kinds of 
effects; “ Barker's Mill,” for instance, 
throws a central jet high into the air, 
underneath be ; ng a dome of water. Then 
again the “rose” jet, with rows of holes, 
is a pleasing cascade, and the “Convol¬ 
vulus” jet gives a still more effective 
fountain display. The “Ribbon” and 
“Pillar” jets, too, make excellent foun¬ 
tains. 
Hand Directed Rose Jets. 
Perhaps for small gardens the use of 
the ordinary hose pipe is sufficient, and a 
really effective supply of water can be 
directed by hand in every direction, and 
wherever it is thought desirable to give 
an extra shower. This can be made 
more effective by adding a sprayer to 
the hose, and so watering plants or 
trees. It is astonishing what a height 
water pressure will carry a refreshing 
spray, enabling houses covered with 
creepers and flowering plants to be kept 
fresh and green even during a hot sum¬ 
mer. A well-watered garden presents a 
great contrast to one which is neglected 
by its owner during the hot weather, 
where flowers are allowed to perish, and 
plants and climbers to wither for the want 
of their natural moisture. There are so 
many handy garden tools, watering ap¬ 
paratus, and other contrivances of simple 
and inexpensive make on the market 
whereby all this can be effected that it 
is difficult to understand how any who 
profess to take an interest in their gar¬ 
dens can be content with an unwatered 
garden, when for a comparatively trifling 
outlay, the entire aspect could be so ad¬ 
vantageously changed. 
SPRAYING 
APPARATUS. 
LAWN SPRINKLERS 
HOSE PIPES. 
SETS OF TOOLS. 
CALL AND INSPECT OUR LARGE SHOWROOMS. 
RD. MELHUISH, LTD., 
FETTER LANE, LONDON. 
HAWS S PATENT 
IMPROVED 
WATERING 
CAN.-— 
The Original and 
Genuine Make. 
J HAWS, 
10 Sl 25a, Lea Bridge Rd 
Clapton, London, N E. 
Quick Growth of . . 
Sweet Peas. 
A Letter to the Editor. 
Sir,—Having read with interest your 
column “Sweet Peas from Quorn ” in this 
week’s “G.W.,” I think you may be in¬ 
terested in the experience I have just had. 
Quite at the end of March I had some 
Sweet Pea seeds offered me by a friend in 
Surrey, the seeds having been saved from 
the stock from which her gardener won 
local prizes last year. I hesitated to take 
them, as it was rather late, and felt that 
I was already rather crowded out. How¬ 
ever, greediness and fear of the slaughter 
that might yet be worked by slugs, etc., 
prevailed, and I accepted the seeds. It 
was the 8th of April when I sowed them, 
and I then put them in seed pans, each 
seed 2 inches apart each way, and placed 
the pans along a little south border in 
the open. It was not long before the seed¬ 
lings were level with my own (which were 
sown in February under glass). I planted 
them out in my usual way in clumps in 
a row, and I gathered the first blooms 
from them on the 15th June — the same 
day as those from my first varieties sown 
under glass. The plants were then about 
2 \ ft. high, and the blooms quite a good 
size on fine strong stems, 10 ins. long. 
The variety is Queen of Pinks unknown to 
me before. We do not consider this a 
particularly warm place, being very much 
exposed to east wind, of which we have 
rather more than our share. 
I should be interested to know through 
your interesting paper whether vou do not 
consider this rather quick work. 
M. C. Fry. 
[Your Sweet Peas came on very quickly, 
considering that, they were sown on the 
8th of April. This must be due to your 
proximity to the mild influence of the 
sea, east winds notwithstanding. We 
should be surprised, however, if they con¬ 
tinue blooming beyond July.—E d.] 
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A Flourishing Horticultural Society. 
At the annual general meeting of the 
Notts. Horticultural and Botanical So¬ 
ciety, held on June 26th, the 26th annual 
repdrt and balance-sheet, which was read 
and adopted, stated that the financial 
position of the society was more prosper¬ 
ous than it had ever been, the whole of 
the accounts having been paid, and a 
balance remaining of ^278 9s. qd. The 
balance on December 31st, 1906, was ,£131 
14s. iod., and the receipts from the show 
were ^705 8s. 2d., a profit of over ,£40 
having been realised on this function. 
The committee hoped, with a continuation 
of the help hitherto received from the 
members, and with an improved pro¬ 
gramme for the season, that the society 
would maintain its prosperous condition. 
Sutton’s Flowers at the Royal Agricultural 
Show. 
At the big show of the Royal Agricul¬ 
tural Society of England, held this year 
at Newcastle-on-Tyne, the well-known 
firm of seedsmen, Messrs. Sutton and 
Sons, of Reading, had an imposing ex¬ 
hibit consisting of a valuable collection 
of grasses, roots, flowers, and other sub¬ 
jects interesting to the agriculturists and 
horticulturists.' A brilliant display of 
Gloxinias, double Begonias, Schizanthus, 
Streptocarpus, and other flowers illus¬ 
trated an important department of this 
great seed business. The flowers formed 
a brilliant centre piece, the beauty of 
which was enhanced by its bank of vel¬ 
vety turf grown from Sutton’s grass seeds. 
There was also an attractive show of cut 
flowers, embracing English and Spanish 
Irises, Gladioli, Tritonias, Lilies, etc., 
with a fine batch of Sutton's Giant 
Mignonette- 
The R.H.S. Examination in Horticulture. 
The general examination conducted 
every year under the auspices of the Royal 
Horticultural Society, took place on April 
8th last, and the examiners’ report is now 
in our hands. On this occasion 151 candi¬ 
dates sat for the examination in various 
parts of the country. Twenty-seven of 
these candidates passed in the first class, 
sixty-eight or nearly 46 per cent, were 
placed in the second class, and fifty-two 
passed in the third class. The percent¬ 
ages of those who passed this year were 
considerably higher in all the three 
classes than last year. As usually hap¬ 
pens in examination papers, the three 
first questions of each paper were most 
thoroughlyr answered, while the fourth was 
rather imperfectly treated. None of the 
candidates succeeded in gaining the 
highest possible number of marks, yet the 
answers given were better than in any 
previous year. Questions relating to the 
use of garden tools, and the laying out of 
a new garden were well answered. Some 
of the candidates did not come up to their 
abilities■ owing to their not timing their 
work properly and answering three in¬ 
stead of four questions. On the other 
hand, one answered six, another seven, 
and another eight in one division, al¬ 
though it was intended that they should 
answer only four questions each in divi- 
