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raises or lowers the sole as required. " In this way it can be set to cut the grass 

 close to the ground, or an inch or more above it, as may be wished, which is an 

 important feature, as by going over the ground three or four times a very heavy 

 sward of gras3 may be inch by inch reduced. The height of the cutter may also 

 be regulated somewhat at will by the operator's raising or lowering the handle 



of the machine ; and thus it is enabled to cut readily up-hill and down-hill, 

 and over uneven ground." Another advantage is, that it will cut the grass as 

 readily in a wet as in a dry state, so that whenever it is convenient the machine 

 can be brought into operation. 



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The Royal Horticultural Society of Ireland held a show of Hyacinths and early 

 spring flowers at the Rotunda, Dublin, on the 24th of March, when the amateur 

 cultivators round Dublin came out in strong force, and in all probability could 



