Archive image from page 623 of A dictionary of modern gardening. A dictionary of modern gardening . dictionaryofmode01john Year: 1847 WAT WE A fixed a brass rod, which is kept in its place by a collar brazed to the side of the pot. In raising, the rod is pressed by the finger. No. 2 represents the im- provements, which consist in a double lever, acting like the key of a flute. Instead of the steel spring at the end of the lever, a spiral one of brass wire is fixed within the point of the tube, immediately before the valve, which it shuts; at the other end of the tube is a convex rose of coppe
Archive image from page 623 of A dictionary of modern gardening. A dictionary of modern gardening . dictionaryofmode01john Year: 1847 WAT WE A fixed a brass rod, which is kept in its place by a collar brazed to the side of the pot. In raising, the rod is pressed by the finger. No. 2 represents the im- provements, which consist in a double lever, acting like the key of a flute. Instead of the steel spring at the end of the lever, a spiral one of brass wire is fixed within the point of the tube, immediately before the valve, which it shuts; at the other end of the tube is a convex rose of copper, to prevent dirt, &c, passing into the tube, through the centre of which passes the rod in con- nexion with the lever and the valve. No. 3 differs from the preceding only in having a movable curved tube at- tached to the pipe, at the top of which is a very fine rose about an inch in diameter. From the length of tube (about twenty inches) the pressure of water is considerable, when the pot is held in an inclined position, producing a light shower admirably suited to small seeds.'—Gard. Chron. A third invention is Mr. Saul's, and, he says, ' it can be constructed at a very little more expense than those in general use. In the annexed sketch, Fig. 1 represents a section of the can ; 1 1 are removeable tubes, having roses on their upper ends, while the lower ends slide over the tube 2, fixed into hand or the left: by drawing up the spring 6 with the forefinger, the valve is raised by means of the connecting rod o, and consequently the water flows into the tubes 1 and 2; as soon as the finger is removed from the spring, the valve falls, and the water is stopped. The spring is fixed on the under side of the handle, and nearly all inclosed in that part made to fit the hand. Fig 2 represents the bottom of the can ; the dotted line showing the size of the valve; 1 shows the point at which the water flows into the tubes.'—Gard. Chron. WATER LEMON. Passiflora lauri- folia. WATER LIL
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