The Coimtry Gentleman* s Magazine 



59 



PRUNING SHEARS. 



OF the many implements requisite to the attached to the tree or shrub as firm and 

 proper management of the garden, smooth as if cut off with a knife. They are 

 none are so useful as the pruning shears, and used in the same way as the common shears, 



and are very convenient for reducing the size 

 of shrubs or bushes, and in clipping hedges 



-Prunins; Shears. 



we give an engraving (fig. i) of an imple- 

 ment of a powerful description. It will be 

 seen to differ from the common or ordinary 

 shears (fig. 2), in having a moveable centre 

 for the motion of one of the blades, by which 

 means, instead of a crushing-cut, they make a 

 draw-cut, leaving the section of the part 



2. — Common Garden Shears. 



of Roses or other select plants. They arc 

 not difficult to use even in the hands of a 

 lady. 



The common garden shears (fig. 2) are 

 too well known to need any description. They 

 are indispensable in every garden, large or 

 small. 



