48 The Gakdek. 



Tlie Wheelbarrow. — The wheelbarrow is exceedinglj useful 

 in the smallest garden, and in a large one absolutely indispens- 

 able. It should be light, but strongly made. 



Additional. — Several other implements are desirable, and in 

 particular cases indispensable, among which are, a crowbar., a 

 picTc^ a manure forlc, a garden roller, a lawn scythe, a hedge 

 TwoTc, vine scissors, a hand-cultivator, vine shields, an orchard- 

 isVs hooTc, a hand-syringe, etc. 



The plow, subsoil plow, and cultivator belong rather to the 

 farm, and if you cultivate only a small garden, you wUl find it 

 more economical to pay for the occasional use of these imple- 

 ments than to invest money in their purchase. 



Preservation of Implements. — Having procured implements 

 of a good quality, do not allow them to be destroyed for the 

 lack of a little care on your part. An implement that in the 

 hands of a careful and economical gardener will last and con- 

 tinue serviceable for ten years may be ruined in a single season 

 by a negligent and wasteful one. 



In or near the garden should be a tool-house or a room set 

 apart for the purpose of storing the implements when not in 

 use. Carefully clean your spades, hoes, and other implements 

 of steel or iron, before returning them to their place. Imple- 

 ments of wood should be painted. 



II.— FIXTUEE9, ETC. 



The gardens and grounds of every rural residence of taste 

 should have seats, arbors, and other structures of rustic work 

 — ^that is, work made of the trunks and branches of trees, with 

 their bark on and in their natural forms. They may be cheaply 

 erected, and will add greatly to the out-of-door attractions. 

 The tool-house wo have recommended may be of this charac- 

 ter, and be made ornamental as well as useful.* 



Pits. — What is called a sunTc pit is made by excavating the 

 earth and forming walls of brick, stone, or boards. These are 



♦ See " The House," for designs and descriptions. 



