Handy and Helpful Accessories 161 



Float. — This is nothing but a flat piece of 

 wood convenient in size, with a handle on one 

 side. It is used for pressing the soil down in 

 flats, or making the ground level before planting, 

 or after seed sowing. Just one of the little things 

 that help speed up work, and which is also fun 

 to use. 



Spade. — Get a good one, the best you can buy. 

 Metal strip on the 



handle — front and E > ^"^ ^^ 



back. Keep it clean. ,, . . x n 



Wipe on with an old needofaspade— a spade, not a shovel 



, — suffice that you can't "keep house" 



rag when you are without it. Get a good one and you'll 



through using it. You ''"^"^ """^ '° ^"^ ^°°*^^''- 

 will find as much difference between using a clean 

 spade and an old rusty one as between a sharp 

 and dull razor blade. 



Spading Fork. — The kind with four or five 

 flat teeth. This is handier than a spade for 

 digging up solid beds and breaking up lumps, etc. 

 Some remarks as to quality apply here. 



Sieves. — You will need at least two, a fine and 

 a coarse. They are made up of extra-heavy 

 wire for florists' use. Obtainable from any seed 

 house. 



Weeders. — Cultivation is as necessary under 

 glass as out in the open. In addition to a 

 "finger" weeder to use in the hand, it is well to 



