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SHEARS, &C. 

 Fig. 92. 



a. Dressing Shears. 



6. Large Pruning Shears. 



c. Medium Pruning Shears. 



d. Small Pruning Shears. 



e. Grape Scissors. 



/. Flower or Seed Scissors. 



The dressing shears, Fig. 92 a, are large and strongly-made 

 shears, of various sizes and fashions, with equal blades and di- 

 verging wooden handles, used chiefly for dressing box edging, 

 and occasionally shrubbery. They are also sometimes used for 

 dressing live fences, and on this account are also called hedge 

 shears. 



The pruning shears, Fig. 92 b, are strongly-made scissors, 

 with one very short blade, and a beak or finger, with handles 



