CHAPTER XXXVI 



APPLIANCES FOR THE AMATEUR'S USE 



All owners of collections of plants ought to pro- 

 vide themselves with such conveniences as will enable 

 them to take the best possible care of them with the 

 least trouble. There are many useful articles, which 

 can be had for a very reasonable price, which will 

 make work among plants easy and pleasant. They 

 make it possible for us to take much better care of our 



FIG 50 HAND PRUNING SHEARS 



plants than we can if we fail to avail ourselves of the 

 help of these conveniences. 



Every amateur should own some pruning shears 

 (Fig 50). These will be found useful in window 

 garden, greenhouse or outdoor garden. 



The thermometer ought to occupy a prominent 

 place in every collection, and the owner of the green- 

 house or window garden in which it is placed should 

 be governed by its registration as far as possible. 



Indestructible labels should be used where there 

 are many plants, for it is a difficult matter to remem- 

 ber the names of many of them, and every person who 

 grows plants wants to know just what they are. 



