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This mode of protecting trees is a good deal in use both in France and 

 Germany, and has the reconmiendation of being cheap. M. Langelier 

 finds it remarkably so; and we liope he will have many imitators. — Co)i(l. 



The Undcr-foot Spade. — Sir, Neither amongst the different tools noticed 

 by you in this Magazine (Vol. V. p. G52.), nor any where else, do I re- 

 collect to have seen described an instrument 

 which we call the under-foot spade; and I 

 cannot say that I have seen it used gene- 

 rally elsewhere, although common here; 

 and as many of your subscribers may not 

 be acquainted either with it or its uses, I 

 will, with the help of an outline, endeavour 

 to give such a description as may be fol- 

 lowed. This spade {fig. 13.) should be made 

 very strong, the shaft square, with the angles 

 rounded off, and strongly plated over the 

 handle; the blade about 14 in. across and 

 l'2in. deep, and perpendicular, with the 

 edges cutting sharp ; and a piece of iron 

 riveted on for the feet(«). For the stubbing 

 of hedges, taking the top sods off drains, and 

 various uses where strength is wanteil, this 

 spade will be found a most powerful instru- 

 ment. I remain. Sir, &c. — C. P. York, 

 June 19. 1830. 

 Aloney's inverted Rose JVafering~pot. — We have already noticed (Vol.V. 

 p. 740.) this watering-pot in its simpler state, and have now to describe it 

 as a finished and more perfect utensil. The improvement consists in hav- 

 ing the spout made in three distinct parts. The first (fig. 14. ri) is fixed 

 to the body of the pot, and in such a manner as not to go easily out of 

 repair, by filling up the angle with the hollow compartment (b), in the top 

 of which are two openings (cd) for containing — the larger (c), the middle 

 piece of the spout, or the larger rose ; and the smaller, the smaller i-ose. 

 The larger rose (e) is for using without the middle piece of the spout, and 

 it delivers the water u|)wards, as in the figure (Vol. V. p. 740. fig. 176.) 

 before described; the smaller rose (/"), which can only be used with the 

 njiddle tube of the spout, delivers the water direct downwards, exactly 



