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GARDEN MANAGEMENT. 



saw, sometimes made with a folding blade, the peculiarity of which is, that the 

 blade should be thin at the back, with very open teeth, A B ; a grafting-knife, 

 with a chisel and mallet bevelled on both sides, used wbei-e the graft is too 



1. Averancators, six feet long.— 2. FoldiDg Pruning Hand-saw, with tootb, A B.— 

 3. Bow-slide Pruning-shears.— 4 & 5. Gooseberry Pruning-kuife, straight and hooked 

 blade.— 6. Hand-sliding Pruning-shears.— 7. Pruning-knife, with straight blade and 

 smooth spatula. — 8. Pruning-knife and Saw.— 9. Budding-knife, buckhorn handle, with 

 ivory _ spatula added. —10, Gentleman's improved Pruning-saw, with Bill-hook.— 11. 

 Grafting-knife, with strong curved blade serving as a chisel, with spatula added. 



large to be cut by the knife ; also a supply of small quoins, or wedges of hard 

 wood, to keep the slit open while the graft is preparing. The grafting-knife 

 is furnished with a smooth spatula, of hard wood or bone, at its lower end. A 

 bundle of coarse hemp, or worsted thread, or of willow bark which has been 

 softened and rendered pliable by being soaked in water, and some composition 

 which shall protect the graft from the atmosphere and from rain ; these complete 

 the appHances necessary in gi-afting. There are several such compositions sold 

 in the shop.s, some of them patented, others secret compositions ; but many good 

 gardeners are contented to use well-tempered clay, that is, clay of which the 

 silicious or calcareous particles have been washed out, and pure clay only left. 

 French gardeners use a paste composed of 28 parts black pitch, 28 parts Bur- 

 gundy pitch, 16 parts yellow wax, 14 parts tallow, and 14 paits yellow ocur©.. 



