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Edited by Deborah L. Balmuth

Cover design by Greg Imhoff and Cynthia McFarland

Cover photographs by Nicholas Whitman

Text design and production by Cynthia McFarland

Production assistance by Susan Bernier

Line drawings by Raymond Wood, wash drawings by Brigita Fuhrmann, combined and
modified by Cynthia McFarland

Technical review by Emilio Cardinali and John Kemp

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Copyright © 1996 by R. Dodge Woodson

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Woodson, R. Dodge (Roger Dodge), 1955-

Watering systems for lawn and garden : a do-it-yourself guide / R. Dodge Woodson.

p.        cm.

Includes index.

ISBN 0-88266-906-0 (pbk. : alk. paper)

1. Lawns—Irrigation—Equipment and supplies—Handbooks, manuals, etc. 2. Gardens—Irrigation—Equipment and supplies—Handbooks, manuals, etc. 3. Sprinklers—Handbooks, manuals, etc. 4. Sprinkler irrigation—Equipment and supplies—Handbooks, manuals, etc. 5. Irrigation—Equipment and supplies—Handbooks, manuals, etc. I. Title.

SB433.2.W66 1996                                                                                                                              95-30587

635′.0487—dc20                                                                                                                                    CIP