GARDEN ACCESSORIES 



for instance, wall nails with the short, sharp point 

 and the lead arm so easily bent are wonderful 

 first aids for the putting up of ramblers or of such 

 creepers as Euonymus radicans, which seldom 

 seems inclined to take hold of a wall of its own 

 motion. There is the fascinating tool known as 

 "cueille-fleurs" which a dear traveller once brought 

 to me from France, and which is, I think, now ob- 

 tainable in this country. A rod about a yard in 

 length has at its farther end small scissors which 

 cut and hold a flower, and these are opened and 

 closed by a small arrangement in the handle of 

 the rod. Designed for reaching into a wide border 

 or up above one's head, this is a useful addition 

 to gardening aids. Raffia tape on a spool, with 

 a hook which may be caught in a belt or button- 

 hole, is something which it is delightful to find 

 at one's hand, and verbena pins of galvanized 

 wire are resources which one appreciates as ver- 

 benas commence to throw about their branching 

 stems in June. A small steel finger-cover I have 

 often used for light cultivation around small 

 lesser plants; and in our gardening those stout 

 paper bags in which the Dutch bulbs come are 

 never thrown out, but kept for bulbs of gladioli 

 which must be sorted into their varieties at the 



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