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The Garden. 



IV. 



IMPLEMENTS AND FIXTURES. 



Next to knowledge and skill are good too\s.— The Worlcmati. 



I.— IMPLEMENTS. 



OU should supply yourself with good im- 

 plements of the various kinds essential to 

 the proper performance of every necessary 

 operation. To purchase those of an infe- 

 rior quality because they can be procured 

 at a somewhat lower price is false economy. Ex- 

 perience will prove them the more costly in the 

 end. They soon get out of repair and become 

 useless ; besides, in their best estate, much less 

 work can be accomplished with them, and that 

 imperfectly. 



The Spade. — It is convenient to have several spades of dif- 

 ferent sizes, but a No. 2 of Ames' cast steel will serve for most 

 purposes. For the flower-garden, a lady needs a smaller and 

 lighter one, manufactured especially for feminine use. 



The Shovel. — A shovel is necessary for loading and spreading 

 composts and for various other operations. The round-pointed 

 ones are perhaps more generally useful in a garden than the 

 square-bladed. 



Hoes. — You need several hoes, of different sizes and shapes. 

 The common square draw-hoes are most used. They are of 

 various sizes. One of three or four and another of six or seven 

 inches will be found most useful. To these it is desirable to 

 add a pronged hoe, a thrust-lioe, and a triangular draw -hoe. 

 The latter is useful for digging furrows for seeds. 

 Ealces. — The garden rake should be of the best wrought 



