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THE FLORIST. 



A NEW GARDEN IMPLEMENT. 



Recently, at Edinburgh, we saw in operation an implement which 

 combines the advantages of the hoe on an extensive scale, a harrow, a 

 grubber or fork, and a plough, or, rather, a machine for earthing up 

 Potatoes, &c. — all this in one, and easily worked by one person. Of 

 its great utility we cannot possibly speak too highly, and to market 

 gardeners especially, and in those establishments where kitchen- 

 gardening is carried on extensively, it will be most valuable. The 

 inventor of this multum in parvo instrument is C. K. Sivewright, 

 Esq., of Cargilfield, Edinburgh, who had it tested in the presence of a 

 few who are interested in horticultural pursuits. A sketch of this 

 implement was given in the Gardeners' Chronicle for 1849, page 500, 

 and by permission of the proprietors of that journal we are enabled to 

 reproduce it. Its cost, we believe, is about £4. The implement is so 



constructed that it can be used with five hoes or cutters, and by means 

 of a simple contrivance it can be extended or reduced to a width of 

 from twelve inches to two feet. By removing the cutters and inserting 

 iron teeth about eight inches in length, it can be made to answer the 

 purpose of a fork ; and by moving these and placing side knives in the 

 form of a plough, ridges can be thrown up with great ease. We were 

 told that the saving of labour with one of these implements was very 

 great, one man doing easily and most effectively the work of four ; 

 indeed, we are quite convinced that it is of great practical utility in the 

 culture of Turnips, Cabbage, and other green crops. The drawing 

 given above represents the machine as at first constructed ; some 

 alterations and improvements have been made since that time. Should 

 any correspondent wish for further information respecting it, we shall be 

 happy to apply to Mr. Sivewright for it. 



