474 NURSERY AND FRUIT GARDEN IMPLEMENTS. 



made, with* long wooden handles, and are used for cutting 

 thick branches from trees, shrub- 

 bery, hedges, etc. One form is 

 shown in fig. 179. 



Pole Pruning Shears. These 

 resemble the hand-shears, but are 

 worked by a string passing over a 

 pulley, and are fixed on a pole of 

 any required length. They are used 

 in cutting cions, diseased shoots, 

 etc., from the heads of lofty stand- 

 ard trees. 



Grape Scissors. These are small, 

 sharp-pointed scissors, as in fig. 180, 

 for thinning bunches of grapes. 



The Pruning-Knife. The best 

 for general purposes are those of 

 medium size, with a handle about 

 four inches long, smooth, slightly 

 hollowed in the back ; the blade 

 about three and a half inches lon^ 



Fig. 174. GARDEN RAKE. , . , . n , 



three quarters 01 an inch wide, and 

 nearly straight (fig. 181). For very heavy work a larger 



Fisr. 175. PRUNING-SAWS. 



size may be necessary. " Saynor's " (English) knives of 

 this kind are unsurpassed in material and finish. 



The Budding -Knife. This is much smaller than the 



