. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. ORCHIDS AT LYMAN C. SMITH'S, SYRACUSE, N. Y. place with a can and a hand syringe, and could the job be done as well as with a hose? We answer this question with a smile, but' could we get hold of some of the old fellows who have long since passed away we could get up a pretty good argument and it would take years of time to prove the supe- riority of our method before they would accept our idea. We do not know ex- actly how long it w^ould take to water and syringe a given number of square feet with a can, but ther
. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. ORCHIDS AT LYMAN C. SMITH'S, SYRACUSE, N. Y. place with a can and a hand syringe, and could the job be done as well as with a hose? We answer this question with a smile, but' could we get hold of some of the old fellows who have long since passed away we could get up a pretty good argument and it would take years of time to prove the supe- riority of our method before they would accept our idea. We do not know ex- actly how long it w^ould take to water and syringe a given number of square feet with a can, but there is no neces- sity to even tr\' to find out, as the time consumed is so long that we could not aflford to adopt so expensive a method to do our work. How long does it take to_water a given number of square feet with a hose? This is the age of the hose, and I will let every one answer the question for himself, as we are all familiar with its use and results. How long would it take to water a given number of square feet with a Wittbold watering system is a question that can be answered by another question. How much water is your system or pump able to supply? The possibilities of the mechanical watering system as a time saver are so evident that it can be safely said that 90 per cent of the labor now expended in watering can be done away with. A system of this kind will take all the water instantly that a pumping system will supply. The system will distribute an absolutely even amount of w^ater the full length of the house. By sim- ply pulling a lever the water is turned on and the house is watered or syr- inged in only a minute or two of time. The watering is in absolute control of the operator and little or much can be given at his discretion. The same argu- ment will again come up that individ- ual attention cannot be given the plants and that a system of this kind would *iot be practical on this account. tablished to need further argument, we will leave it to the coming gene
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