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below ; it is thus safely secured in an unbrnuised condition, 
and without any bruising or breaking of branches, which 
would occur by placing ladders against the trees to gather 
the fruit. The net is easily attached to, or removed from 
the implement, and withont the net it is most useful 
for pruning tall trees or branches difficult to reach. 
The implement is light, handy, and easy to work. 
Lwen Weeder. Under the name of the Champion Lawn 
Weeder is fonnd an ingenions little tool that should 
save the gardener mnch labour. As may be seen from 
Fig. 718, it consists of a pair of sharp, chisel-pointed 
tongs, or fingers, mounted on long handles. These latter 
enable the gardener to work withont stooping. The 
operation is simplicity itself: the appliance is pressed 
down on each side of a weed, which is then gripped 
below the ground and extracted by the roots. But a 
very small hole is made, and if it be used after a shower. 
ico the soil is moist, it should prove a most effective 
tool. 
** Myticuttah.” For pruning low-growing trees or 
shrubs, this is a very useful appliance, and is made in 
various sizes to suit different requirements, the largest 
size cutting wood over an inch in diameter. For root- 
pruning it is also excellent, as it makes clean cuts, and 
the whole of the roots are eut rapidly without covering 
the operator with soil, as when the work is performed with 
a knife ora small saw. For pruning Gooseberry-bushes or 
prickly trees, this is a very good appliance, as the 
work may be done withont any risk of injury to the hands. 
See Fig. 719. 
Pattisson Lawn Boot. Where horses are employed for 
working upon lawns, the Pattisson Boot will be found 
much superior to the old form. It is of simple con- 
struction, as may be seen by Fig. 720, light, and strong. 
The soles are made of English sole-leather and india- 
rubber, and are so affixed to the steel foundation-plate 
that they cannot get out of shape however much exposed 
to wet. As well as being durable, the soles may be 
renewed, thus economising considerably. Another point 
is that they are readily put on and kept in position by 
means of the heel-screw shown. Thus they cannot slip 
round, as is the case with the ordinary boot; while the 
horse is also benefited, as instead of the frog and the 
fetlock being kept in an unventilated receptacle, they 
are quite open to the air. Those who prefer a leather 
fastening to the screw adjustment can have one that is 
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adapted to either shod or unshod horses. Yet another 
point in favour of the Pattisson Boot is the fact that it is 
adjustable to different-sized feet. Where there are ls 
stretches of turf to be mowed and rolled by horse 
this Lawn Boot will be found of great utility. 
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Soil-Stirrer. The name of Aerator has been giyen to a 
tool designed to largely supersede the hoe as a surface 
tiller. The tool consists of a central fork with its arms 
set at such angles as will give to the two revolving 
interlocked bosses a sideway or dragging motion. Each 
boss is provided with four steel tines curved to a 
given radius, and the whole is mounted upon a strong 
handle. The tool is of undoubted value, and this value 
might be still further increased by slight structural modi- 
fications, such as the prevention of clogging at the bosses 
in the case of stiff soils, the strengthening of the boss 
arms, and by making the parts on which there is strain 
interchangeable. See Fig. 721. 
Fic. 720. PATrissonN Lawn Boor. 
Turf-Renovator (Pattisson’s). For repairing lawns, 
tennis-courts, and stretches of Grass generally, this 
useful appliance has been invented. The Turf-Renovator 
not only ents ont weedy or bare patches, but replaces 
