. The care of trees in lawn, street and park. With a list of trees and shrubs for decorative use. Trees; Trees. Fig. 51. — Triple spray '' Vermoral'' nozzle. To have the spraying properly and thoroughly done is not always easy, especially with large trees and incom- plete apparatus. For private grounds of limited extent a fifty-gallon cask or tank with a strong, double-acting force pump' (the working parts of and the valves also of metal), having an air cylinder of one and a half inches or more, and a stroke of five inches or more, attached to the top or side of the barrel, mounted on a
. The care of trees in lawn, street and park. With a list of trees and shrubs for decorative use. Trees; Trees. Fig. 51. — Triple spray '' Vermoral'' nozzle. To have the spraying properly and thoroughly done is not always easy, especially with large trees and incom- plete apparatus. For private grounds of limited extent a fifty-gallon cask or tank with a strong, double-acting force pump' (the working parts of and the valves also of metal), having an air cylinder of one and a half inches or more, and a stroke of five inches or more, attached to the top or side of the barrel, mounted on a cart, with fifty to one hundred feet of half-inch white cotton or rubber hose, ladders and lifting poles of bamboo or quarter- inch gas pipe, will answer well enough for apparatus. The entire outfit, exclusive of the cart, costs between $30 and $40, the pump alone costing from $10 to $15. A barrel pump, satisfactory for general work on small places, can be had for $15, and a bucket pump, which can be used with an ordinary pail or bucket, good to spray bushes and small trees, may be had for from $3 to S7, including rubber hose and nozzle. The most important feature in the apparatus is the nozzle,. Fig. 52. — Bucket pump with tank for oil. ' Knapsack pumps, of which there are scvcnil makes in the market, are, as a rule, not practical for tree 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 Fernow, B. E. (Bernhard Eduard), 1851-1923. New York Holt
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