600 NFESERY AND FRIJIT GARDEN IMPLEMENTS. 



pruning-knife, with a thin, straight blade, the edge some- 

 times rounded at the point. The handle is of bone or 



ivory, and has a thiiij 

 wedge-sliaped end for 

 raising the bark. Bud- 

 ders have various fan- 

 cies about shape and 

 size; one form is given in figure 182, 



The Grafting- Chisel. — This is used for splitting large 



Fig. 178. — PBUNING-SCISSORS. 



Fig. 177. — HAND PRimiNG-SHEAKS. 



stocks ; the blade is about two inches long, and an inch and 



a half wide, in the shape of a wedge ; the edge curved so 



as to cut, and not tear the bark ; the handle eight or ten 

 inches long, at the end of 

 which is a narrow wedge to 

 keep the split open until the 

 cion is inserted. (See figure 

 183.) The whole is of steel. 



Some are made with the blade in the middle, the wedge 



at one end, and 



a hook to hang 



it by bn the 



other, 



Mr. David S. ' 



Wagner, o f 



Pulteney, N. 



Y,, has invent- 

 ed an ingenious 



implement for 



grafting grapes 



know about it may inquire of the mventor^ 



Fig, 179.— LOPPING OR BRAKCH SHEARS. 



as it is patented, those who desire to 



