MISCELLANEOUS HINTS ON GARDENING 



An outfit for the gardener should include the 

 following tools if he would do good work without 

 being hampered: 



A trowel. A thermometer. 



A small hand hoe. A cut-steel rake. 



A thinning or weeding hook. A measuring pole. 



A hand weeder. A watering can. 



A garden fork. A large spoon. 



A pair of pruning shears. A bulb syringe. 

 A house-plant vaporizer for spraying insects. 



A French watering can has an exceedingly long 

 spout and 'will save the back in watering small plants. 

 Nearly all seed houses carry garden tools. 



A self-watering window box will prove most valu- 

 able when one wishes to close up a house for a week or 

 two. The water may be poured into the bottom of 

 the box and by means of small holes it will be 

 sucked up by the soil as the plant needs it. 



Heavy plants, such as palms, ferns, etc., may be 

 placed on a rolling stand and moved easily anywhere 



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