Editing Watering can (section)

== History ==

The term "watering can" first appeared in 1692, in the diary of keen cottage gardener Lord Timothy George of Cornwall.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Bourne |first1=Val |title=The ten-minute gardener's vegetable growing diary 
|date=2011 |publisher=Transworld |location=Great Britain |isbn=978-0593066713 |pages=12}}</ref> Before then, it was known as a "watering pot".<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.finedictionary.com/watering%20pot.html|title=Watering Pot - Definitions |website=Fine Dictionary |access-date=27 July 2021}}</ref>

In 1886 the [[Haws Watering Cans|"Haws" watering can]] was patented by John Haws. The [[patent]] read "This new invention forms a watering pot that is much easier to carry and tip, and at the same time being much cleaner, and more adapted for use than any other put before the public."<ref>{{cite web |last1=Fone |first1=Martin |title=Who invented the watering can? |url=https://www.countrylife.co.uk/gardens/curious-questions-who-invented-the-watering-can-235038 |department=Curious Questions |website=[[Country Life (magazine)|Country Life]] |publisher=[[Future plc]] |access-date=30 November 2022 |language=en |date=13 November 2021}}</ref>

The shower head end is called a ''rose'', ''rose head'', ''rosette'', or ''sprinkler head''.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Reeve |first1=Jackie |title=Our Favorite Watering Cans |url=https://www.nytimes.com/wirecutter/reviews/the-best-watering-cans/ |access-date=30 November 2022 |work=[[Wirecutter (website)|Wirecutter]] |publisher=[[The New York Times Company]] |date=17 September 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Farris |first1=Emily |title=The Best Watering Can for All Your Gardening Needs |url=https://www.epicurious.com/shopping/the-best-watering-can-for-all-your-gardening-needs |website=[[Epicurious]] |publisher=[[Condé Nast]] |access-date=30 November 2022 |date=1 June 2022}}</ref>