KITCHEN-GARDEN SEEDS. 282 KNIVES USED IN GARDENING. 



By some seedsmen these seeds are classified in six sections, as follows : i. Leguminous Section ; 2. 

 Edible Leaved and Edible flowered Section ; 3. Edible Rooted Section ; 4. Edible Fruited Section ; 5. 

 Salad Section ; and 6. Pot, Sweet and Garnishing Herb Section. The number prefixed to each kind of 

 seed in the first column indicates the section to which it belongs. It may be added that all the leading 

 seedsmen supply larger collections than those indicated above, at prices ranging from four guineas 

 upwards, according to quantity. 



Knives Used in Gardening. 



Knife, Asparagus. Where asparagus is 

 largely grown a special kind of knife is 

 desirable for cutting it. If an old kitchen 

 knife is used for the purpose, the back 

 should be blunted and the point brought 

 in a long and gradual curve from the edge 

 in front to the blunt back. When thrust 

 against the root, the cut is delivered from- 

 extreme point to the front edge by down- 

 ward pressure, and injury to any other 

 shoot in the vicinity of that which is cut is 

 guarded against. Asparagus knives, speci- 



ally prepared for the purpose, are either 

 chisel-shaped that is to say, with a blade 

 blunt on both sides and sharp at the edge 

 only, which is straight across the end of the 

 blade like that of a chisel or slightly 

 curved, and made like a saw along the 

 inner or cutting edge, although the teeth 

 are sharp. With the chisel knife the cut is 

 made downwards ; with the saw knife the 

 cut is made upwards, the instrument being 

 thrust into the ground by the side of the 

 shoot to be severed. The asparagus knife 

 costs about is. 3d. 



