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destination, the workman tilts his basket to the 

 right or left, and shoots the manure from it almost 

 exactly in the same way as a coalheaver gets rid 

 of his sack of coals. 



MISCELLANEOUS IMPLEMENTS. In addition to the 

 above, other tools will be required. Amongst those most 

 generally useful will be found steel spades, shovels, 

 dung forks and digging forks, iron rakes (of which the 

 American pattern is best), dibbers and trowels for 

 transplanting, line and reel, and other odds and 

 ends that will suggest themselves from time to time. 



THERMOMETERS are almost indispensable in a 

 " French " garden so that one may see at a glance 

 whether the temperature is too high or too low for 

 a specific purpose. Hot-bed or plunge thermometers 

 are particularly useful, as it is easy, especially for 

 beginners, to misjudge the heat of a bed and mis- 

 judgment may mean a serious loss at times. 



As all gardeners must constantly keep an eye upon 

 " the weather, and the setting of the winds," a good 

 barometer in the house will always be found of the 

 greatest use, in addition to the thermometers. 



WATER-POTS. These indispensable adjuncts to a 

 garden vary much in shape and size, and those used 

 in France are built on somewhat different lines from 

 those used in this country. The French gardeners 

 prefer water-pots as shown in fig. 15, from which it 

 will be seen that the strong, curved handle runs 

 from near the base of the can on one side to the ex- 

 treme margin on the other. This style of handle 

 enables the gardener to use two water-pots one in 

 each hand without having to put them down for 

 refilling. When carrying water the handle is held 



