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garden beds the small hand fork is useful (Fig. 5). 

 An implement found useful in the West Indies for 

 general hand cultivation is illustrated in Fig. 7. 



(d) Special Methods. In eradicating many weeds special 

 means are necessary. Draining is often of much value 

 in the case of Mosses, Horse-tails, Sedges, Rushes, and 

 other weeds which grow in damp, low-lying situations. 



Irrigation. It has been observed that irrigation may 

 frequently bring about an improvement in the herbage 

 of grass land, and where it is possible the question of 

 its practice should be considered. In a meadow on 

 the banks of the Churn, near Cirencester, only one-half 

 of which could be covered with water, observations 

 were made 1 by Professor Buckman on the effects of 

 irrigation after two years and four years respectively. 

 The results are given in the following table : 



1 " The Natural History of British Grasses," Prof. James Buckman : Jour. 

 Roy. Agric. Soc., 1855. 



