Handy man's workshop and laboratory . repair a leak in the garden hose obtain from a dentist apiece of the soft rubber which he uses in making artificial piece large enough to cover the leak freely will be this over the leak and bind it firmly in place with adhesivetape, being sure that the rubber is completely covered by the this wrap twisted linen twine, commencing well below theleak and wrapping closely about the hose to a point beyond, soas to reinforce the hose where it mav be weak. This makes awater-tight patch; one that will stand heavy pressure and gi
Handy man's workshop and laboratory . repair a leak in the garden hose obtain from a dentist apiece of the soft rubber which he uses in making artificial piece large enough to cover the leak freely will be this over the leak and bind it firmly in place with adhesivetape, being sure that the rubber is completely covered by the this wrap twisted linen twine, commencing well below theleak and wrapping closely about the hose to a point beyond, soas to reinforce the hose where it mav be weak. This makes awater-tight patch; one that will stand heavy pressure and givegood service.—66 TO MAKE PAPER FLOWER POTS All gardeners and florists, and especially the amateurs, findthat the common burned-clay flower pots are at once heavy andfragile, and that much room is required when they are to bestored away. As substitutes many gardeners have used straw-berry boxes and paper oyster pails, and have found them handier,especially for growing tomato or melon plants in hot beds and \ •• / • » 0 1 \. Fig, 306—How the paper is folded Fig. 307—A paper flower pot 368 HANDY MANS WORKSHOP AND LABORATORY cold frames. Such things do well, but any gardener can makepaper pots that will serve the purpose still better. Commonbuilding paper, that can be purchased for a dollar a roll, is excel-lent. For three-inch pots cut it into pieces that are nine inchessquare; for four-inch pots, twelve inches square, and for five-inchpots, fifteen inches square. Each piece of paper is now to befolded, first along the solid lines (Fig. 306), dividing it into nineequal squares. The corner squares made are then pinched up intodogs ears and the whole piece is erected into the shape of a boxwith the dogs ears overlapping on opposite sides of the box. Theears are secured in place by means of ordinary clips and the boxis done. A hole punched in the bottom will afford ready for transplanting the clips are removed from the boxwhich is then opened and the mass
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