TOMATO. 



SOT 



TOMATO. 



length of the edge of the blade in inches, 

 and rakes by the number of teeth that they 

 contain. Picks and pickaxes" are supplied 

 in three sizes, known as small, medium, 

 and large ; the prices respectively being 



COMMON TYHME. 



about 35., 35. 6d., and 45. These prices 

 include handles. 



Tools Essential for Garden Use. 



The following will be found to em- 

 body Loudon's remarks, setting forth 

 the tools and instruments which he con- 

 siders as chiefly essential for garden 

 work. Of garden tools, he considers the 

 essential kinds, the spade, the dung fork, 

 and the rake, because with these all the 

 operations for which other tools, such as 

 the hoe, &c., are employed, may be per- 

 formed, though with much less facility, 

 expedition, and perfection. To these, 

 however, must be added the digging fork, 

 which is indispensable. Of instruments 

 of operation, the most necessary are the 

 knife, saw, shears, scythe, and hammer. 

 Of instruments of direction and designa- 

 tion, the garden line, measuring rod, 

 j level, and label, of whatever kind it may 

 | be, are the most requisite. Of utensils, 

 j the most necessary are the sieve, flower 

 pot, watering-pot, and handglass. Of 

 machines for garden labour, the essentials 



Tool House. 



The tool house may be attached to the 

 gardener's cottage or placed at the back 

 of the hothouses, if such a situation be 

 found more convenient. In every well- 

 planned tool house there should be con- 

 trivances of different sorts for hanging up 

 the tools rakes, hoes, spades, &c. which 

 should all be well cleaned before they are 

 put away. If many men are employed in 

 the garden, each one should have a proper 

 place for his own tools. Watering-pots, I 

 syringes, garden engines, should have their 

 movable parts separated, and be reversed, | 

 in order that they may drain and dry. j 

 The mowing machine should be kept | 

 thoroughly clean and oiled, and so should ' 

 all clippers and pruning instruments. A are the wheelbarrow, roller, syringe, and 

 bench with a vice attached to it will be hand forcing pump ; and of traps and 

 found very useful in a tool house ; a : vermin engines, the mole trap, the mouse 

 grindstone and hones for the sharpening ! trap, the fumigating bellows, and gun. 

 of different tools are also necessary. Of course, amateur gardeners will preicf 



GOOD TYPE OF YELLOW TOMATO. 



