. The nursery-book; a complete guide to the multiplication of plants ... Gardening; Plant propagation. 10. The Geneva seed-tester. an apparatus devised at the New York Agricultural Experi- ment Station, and which has been found so satisfactory as to supersede all other sorts of germinators at that institution for general use. It consists (Fig. y /^ Ajr.'P lo) of a pan lo x 14 inches wide and z% inches deep, to be cov- ered with a pane of glass. Along the sides is a ledge ^-inch wide, and as much below the upper edge. The pan is best made of tinned copper, the ledge formed by the prop
. The nursery-book; a complete guide to the multiplication of plants ... Gardening; Plant propagation. 10. The Geneva seed-tester. an apparatus devised at the New York Agricultural Experi- ment Station, and which has been found so satisfactory as to supersede all other sorts of germinators at that institution for general use. It consists (Fig. y /^ Ajr.'P lo) of a pan lo x 14 inches wide and z% inches deep, to be cov- ered with a pane of glass. Along the sides is a ledge ^-inch wide, and as much below the upper edge. The pan is best made of tinned copper, the ledge formed by the proper shaping of the sides of the pan, and the edges on three sides turned over to form a groove into which the pane of glass may be slid from one end. These details are not shown in the cut. The seeds are held in the folds of cloth. A strip of white Canton flannel is taken sufficiently wide so that when hemmed on both sides (to prevent seeds slipping out of the ends of the folds) it will be the same as the inside width of the pan. A long enough strip is used to have about twenty- four folds lyi inches deep, and leave a flap of several inches at each end. The upper margin of the folds is sewn across to permit a J^-inch brass rod to be run in (y, p), from which the cloth is suspended in the pan, as shown in the cut. The lower margins of the folds (o) are also sewn across to make them stay in place better. The total length of the strip after the sewing is completed is about a yard. Two such strips are used in each pan. "To put the pan into use, it is filled part fuJl of water, two of the prepared cloths put in, the glass cover adjusted and the whole boiled over a lam p for a short nme. This is. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Bailey, L. H. (Liberty Hyde), 1858-1954. New York, The Macmillan Co
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