Book excerpt: Excerpt from Garden Guide, 1923 Plants are kept healthy and fresh the year around by absorbing the exact amount of water they require from below and allowing a perfect circulation of air to pass up through the soil, causing it to be mealy and loose. Blooms will be larger and foliage heavier than in any surface watered device. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.