THE WELL-CONSIDERED GARDEN 



very time when spring-flowering bulbs go into the 

 ground. 



Those three-piece sets of garden tools rake, 

 hoe, and spade known as ladies' sizes are not 

 only constantly in my own hand, but are evidently 

 regarded with some favor by those members of 

 the sterner sex whose business it is to keep the 

 garden trim. These tools have small heads, but 

 handles of the regulation length, and far be it from 

 me to find fault if the little neatnesses of the gar- 

 den can be best maintained by the use of these 

 ladies' sizes. 



Without the Capitol Lawn Edger, a marvel of 

 a little six-inch lawn-mower going rapidly about 

 on one wheel, we could not garden. "The tyr- 

 anny of the grass edge," as Miss Jekyll calls it, 

 loses some of its severity when this small edger 

 is at hand. Only one going over of an edge with 

 scissors is ever necessary after these little knives, 

 carried along by their one little wheel, have 

 shaved the turf finely and evenly at the edge of 

 walk or bed. 



In labels an ingenious thing from England has 

 lately presented itself. This is shown in the 

 illustration of the Vickery Garden Basket, ris- 

 ing from one edge of the basket. It consists of 



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