IMPLEMENTS FOR CUTTING. 



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pruning-knife, with a thin, straight blade, the edge some- 

 times rounded at the point. The handle is of bone or 



ivory, and has a thin, 

 wedge-shaped end for 

 raising the bark. Bud- 



^ HB *0 ders have various fan- 

 Fig. 176. BOW-SAW. . , , 



cies about shape and 

 size; one form is given in figure 182. 



The Grafting- Chisel This is used for splitting large 



Fig'. 177. HAND PRUNING-SHEAES. 



stocks ; the blade is about two inches long, and an inch and 

 a half wide, in the shape of a wedge ; the edge curved so 

 as to cut, and not tear the bark ; the handle eight or ten 



inches long, at the end of 

 which is a narrow wedge to 

 keep the split open until the 

 cion is inserted. (See figure 

 183.) The whole is of steel. 



middle, the wedge 



Fig. 178. PEUNING-SCISSORS. 



Some are made with the blade in the 



at one end, and 



a hook to hang 



it by on the 



other. 



Mr. David S. 

 Wagner, o f 

 Pulteney, 1ST. 

 Y., has invent- 

 ed an ingenious 



implement for Fig. 179. LOPPING OR BRANCH SHEAES. 



grafting grapes; as it is patented, those who desire to 

 know about it may inquire of the inventor. 



