472 NURSERY AND FRUIT GARDEN IMPLEMENTS. 



six to twelve teeth. The best are those of which the 

 head and teeth are drawn out of a solid bar of steel. 



Those that are welded and riveted soon get 



out of order. 



SECTION 2. IMPLEMENTS TOR CUTTING. 



The Pruning Saw. This is used for cutting 

 oif branches, either too large for the knife, or so 

 situ.-ited that the knife cannot operate. It has 

 various sizes and forms. Some are jointed, 

 and fold like a pruning-knife ; others are like 

 the common carpenter's handsaw, but smaller 

 and stouter. Two forms are shown at fig. 175. 



The Sow-Saw (fig. 176). This is the most 

 generally useful form for the gardener or nur- 

 Fig. 169. seryman. The blade is very narrow, and stiff- 

 SQUAKE ene(i k an arc h k ack> j t is f as tened at both 



ends by a rivet to the screw on which the 

 back turns, and by which it is adapted to different pur- 

 poses. It is indispensable in making horizontal cuts close 

 to the ground, as in heading down. 



Some are set with a double row of teeth on one side, 



Fig. 170. TRIANGULAR DRAW-HOE. Fig. 171. SEMICIRCULAR DRAW-HOB. 



and the edge is much thicker than the ]?ack ; these work 

 much easier than those toothed in the ordinary way, and 

 it would be an object to have them where much saw-prun- 



