IMPLEMENTS I'Oll CUTTING. 



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made, with loug wooden handles, and are used for cutting 

 ,| ^^ thick branches from trees, shrub- 



l^^^^^^ hery, hedges, etc. One form is 

 shown in fig. 179. 



Pole Pruning/ /Shears. — These 

 resemble the hand-shears, but are 

 worked by a string passing over a 

 pulley, and are fixed on a pole of 

 anyiequired length. They are used 

 in cutting cions, diseased shoots, 

 III 1 1 iljlll etc.,- from the heads of lofty stand- 



■1''' ■ ' lill ar^ trees. 



Grcrpe Scissors. — These are small, 

 sharp-pointed scissors, as in fig. 180, 

 for thinning bunches of grapes. 



The rrimififf-JCnffe.— The best 

 for general purposes are those of 

 medium size, with a handle about 

 four inches long, smooth, slightly 

 hollowed in the back ; the blade 

 about three and a half inches long, 

 three quarters of an inch wide, and 

 nearly straight (fig. lf!<l). For very heavy work a larger 



GARDEN HAKE. 



Fiur. 175. — proning-saws. 



size may be necessary. " Saynor's " (English) knives of 

 this kind are unsurpassed in material and finish. 



The JiuddiH(/'Kjnfe.— This is much smaller than the 



