Fig. 42. Sickle Hoe. 



258 Botanical, FloricuUural, and Arhoriailtural Notices, 



admission of the sun and air is well known to Fig. 41. Drill Hoe. 



be of immense importance to vegetation, and 



this can only be done by loosening the ground ; 



it will also allow the rains to penetrate quickly 



to the roots, as well as the absorption and 



retention of atmospheric moisture by capillary 



attraction, which is of more essential service 



in dry hot seasons than any waterings that 



can be given. 



A double Dutch Hoe. — Fig. 43. is a double Dutch hoe, which I find very 

 useful for hoeing' between drilled crops when young. 



A Drill Hoe. — Fig. 4^1. is a drill hoe, 

 very useful for drawing drills for potatoes, 

 peas, beans, &c. ; the common hoe, turned 

 sideways, is generally used for this purpose, 

 but this will be found a far preferable im- 

 plement. 



The figures will give the necessary ex- 

 planation of these implements, and of the 

 proportions of their parts relatively to those 

 of common hoes and rakes. I must, how- 

 ever, observe that the blade of the last- 

 named tool must be put on at a less acute 

 angle than the common draw hoes gene- 

 rally are. 



Sussex, Ajml, 1841. 



Fig. 43. Double Dutch Hoe. 



Art. VII. Botanical, Floricultural, and Arboricultural Notices of 

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 Plantatio7is, or which have been originated in them ; together with 

 additional Information respecting Plants {whether old or neiv) already 

 in Cidtivation: the ivhole intended to serve as a perpetual Supplement 

 to the ^' Encyclopcedia of Plants," the " Hortus Britajinicus," the 

 " Ho7-tus Lignosus," and the " Arboretum et Fruticetum Britan- 

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