GARDEN TOOLS. 



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have a very strong trowel (fig. 66) made of steel, with a piece of 

 wood fixed on the steel for a handle. This is invaluable for the re- 

 moval of wild flowers and ferns, and no lover of his garden should 

 ever travel without it. I also always myself carry, in ferny countries, 

 a strong steel instrument made in the form of a cross (fig. 67), 

 and plants can be extracted by it from walls and stones with ease. 



For planting, a dibber (fig. 68) is employed, and it is useful, 

 as the gardener forcibly drives the earth against the rootlets 

 of the plant, which much promotes the success of the opera- 

 tion. When trees or large bushes are removed, a wooden 

 rammer takes the place of the dibber, but really it is nothing 

 more than a large dibber to ram the earth against the small 

 rootlets of the tree. 



In every garden where there are many plant-houses the watering 

 becomes a serious business, and especially so if water has to be pro- 

 cured from a distance. At my garden water is abundant, and 

 therefore we have only to consider the hydraulic contrivances which 



FIG. 63. 



FIG. 69. 



FIG. 70. 



we directly use for the purpose of watering the plants. We employ 

 water-pots of various sizes (fig. 69), and another form lately invented 

 which throws a fine jet of water over delicate plants (fig. 70). When 



FIG. 



we desire that the water should dash against the plant and thoroughly 

 wash the leaves to remove foreign matters, we use syringes. Reed's 

 syringes are excellent. We use, besides, one of a very useful form (fig. 



