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provements in brooms, which consisted in the 

 handle or stock being so constructed as to 

 enable any ordinary gardener to substitute 

 new twigs for those which are worn out. 

 These stocks made of wrought-iron, are of 

 three kinds — viz., fan-shaped (fig. ZZ)^ ^'^'^ 

 (fig. 34), and round (fig. 35). The two 

 former have a handle socket, to which is 

 attached a pair of iron plates. Through these 

 are passed screws with square heads. When 

 the broom is worn out the screws are undone 

 to the full extent, and the pair of plates 



fan-shaped brooms when completed. Another 

 form of these brooms is shewn in fig. 35. 

 The head consists of a hollow cylinder or 

 socket of iron or brass, in the inside of which 

 is a strong screw, extending about 3 inches 

 below the mouth of the cylinder. At the end 

 of the screw is inserted a strong piece of wire, 

 terminated by an eye, the use of which will 



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separated. The material is then filled in 

 lightly between the two plates at the one end 

 or division of the broom-head ; and when this 

 division is filled, the operation is repeated at 

 the other end. A key is then applied to the 

 square heads of the screws, and the whole is 

 securely fastened. The ends of the material 

 which protrude on the outside of the head are 

 then neatly cut off. To keep the material in 

 its place, a clasp of strong iron wire is attached, 

 about 3 inches from the head, securely fastened 

 with nuts. Figs. 33 and 34 shew the flat and 



be afterwards explained. When the broom 

 is required to be filled, the cylinder is placed 

 with its mouth upwards, and a small cone of 

 iron or brass, corresponding in shape with the 

 interior of the cylinder, and pierced with a 

 female screw, is inserted on the screw attached 

 to the cylinder, and turned round about half- 



