§ lo. TOOLS AND CONVENIENCES OF THE YEAR. 



VARIOUS DEVICES FOR FACILITATING HORTICULTURAL LABOR 

 WHICH HAVE BEEN INVENTED OR HAVE BEEN FIRST PROMI- 

 NENTLY MENTIONED DURING 189O.* 



Weeder. — (Fig. I.) 



Fig. I. 



This is a purslane weeder, designed 

 to follow a culti- 

 vator. It pulls 

 up and collects 

 all the purslane 

 and similar 

 weeds, beingnar- 

 rower at the rear 

 end. The teeth 

 are about i 4 

 inches ip length, 

 round 

 iron, yz 

 or f^ in. 

 in diam- 



eter. — Eugene Willet, i?i Populai' Gardeni?ig, vi 



Home-made Garden Hoe. — (Fig. 2.) Made from 

 a blade of an old buck-saw. — Fi-ed W. Cai'd, 

 AmeiHcan Garden, jgj. 



Hoes.— -(Fig. 3, page 251.) Various designs by 

 A. B. Tarj-yer, i?i American Garden, 20J, 204, 264, 

 26s, 614. 



Hoes. — (Fig. 4, page 252.) ''Nos. i and 2 

 I use for stirring the soil and for the general 

 purposes of a weed hoe, and Nos. 3 and 4 

 for more delicate work among close rows of 

 plants." — D. S. Marvin, in America^i Gar- 

 den, 631. 



Fig. 2. 



* None of the tools mentioned are in any manner recommended by the Editor. 



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