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‘The following is published as promising much benefit 
in small operations. It will be highly useful, for se- 
lecting fruit, and detaching the nests of caterpillars 
from the trees, also in cutting off grafts and superflu- 
ous shoots. We are informed that instruments, on the 
same principles, exist in Germany, on a very large 
scale. We have conversed with an old Hannoverian 
gardener, who alleges he has seen and used one. This 
does not lessen the merits of the inventor; who, as has 
happened in other instances, struck out the same 
thought in a distant country. 
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Directions for the Purchaser of Jocelin’s Patent Prun- 
ing Shears. . 
In the first place. Procure a spruce, or other light 
and strong pole, planed straight to the size of one inch 
in diameter at the upper, and one inch and a quarter at 
the lower extremity, when about twelve feet in length 
and for twelve inch arm shears of about two pounds 
weight, and less when shorter poles, or for lighter 
shears :—eburn in the spike end of the shears, after 
boring the pole, as a file into its handle, then drive on 
an iron ferrule ; place the cord—draw it straight on the 
pole, and insert three or four wire staples, from a little 
below the shears, down to about half way, for the cord 
to run in. 
In pruning, let the upper blade of the shears rest 
against a bud or twig, at the right hand ; and by pulling 
the cord, the moveable blade is pressed against the 
