Show L. L 1 i t DEVICE FOR WATERING P PLANTS ANTS i iI I f I 1 Automatically Regulates the tha Supply af of Moisture f Two Ingenious methods of watering F plants automatically are shown In the j. j accompanying Illustrations The esl essential es- es l part of the first device is a aV along along V long untwisted wick such as is used H by lamplighters These wicks are are aref f about five feet long Jong and the threads of which they are composed are easily n separated separated Th The wick II is protected by bya fA I a g glass ss tube tub about abou tl three r e df feet et long and and about quarter one-quarter Inch bore which is bent in a flame into a siphon t or r U-shape U with one leg very m much ch y longer than the other Th The wick Is b 41 Hi t c f. f tt 10 t vII 1 1 I I j I d I I N I drawn rawn through the tube with the raid aid ff of f a a flexible wire and and Is allowed to I rotrude at both ends It takes up Y water slowly at first and the the tube containing the wick should be left leftover leftover 1 over night llight in a vessel of water To use this device for watering potted potted pot pot- ted plants three or four pots are f placed near t together gether and a pail of water water wa- wa jr ter is put near and above them on a tench bench The fhe short leg of the tube is immersed in in the water and the flow is I r started started by su sucking at t the other end The strands of the wick are distributed l t among the pots b being ing placed In F contact with the earth earth but but not with w the stalks of the plants One or more more J strands are assigned to each plant according according according ac ac- cording to its need of water and of course the entire flow may be given j to one pot in which case the end of k t 3 t I a the tube is inserted in the soil In I very hot weather it is advisable to toI I cover the pail pall and wrap the tube with wadding to prevent the wick drying The German inventor of this device sa says says s that he has always found it to work perfectly It was designed for forr r v y watering house plants during the absence absence absence ab ab- sence of their usual caretakers but it seems seems adapted to garden use as well r r The second device patented in Germany Germany Germany Ger Ger- many a few years ago Is still simpler I It consists of a shaped pear-shaped glass bulb drawn out to a point a at one end The point itself is Is' closed but near it is a lateral opening through ugh which the vessel may be filled with water When filled it is thrust into the earth near the plant to which Is sup- sup 7 I a r t. M-t. r plied pIled the proper quantity of water for several days or weeks as the water flows from the hole with greater or orless 1 less rapidity according to the dryness of coil Montreal Montreal Herald i I t 1 1 |