THE GARDEN PRIMER 



For the larger garden of vegetables in rows the 

 wheel-hoe is one of the most worth-while tools ever in- 

 vented. It combines weeding and cultivating and is 

 so simple in its principle that one may recommend its 

 use to the beginner who need have no fear of its being 

 a complicated machine, requiring vast experience to 

 run it. 



As a gardening accessory a garden line will be of 

 great service. By its use, stretched between movable 

 stakes, the beginner can lay out his rows straight as 

 any arrow, and have rectangular beds that are not lop- 

 sided. Then by driving a stake in the center, and 

 throwing a loop of the line around it, when once he has 

 fixed the length of the radius, he can move the line 

 around in a circle and thus mark out a perfect circular 

 bed. 



Then there is the watering-pot to be thought of, 

 unless hose and nozzle you have at hand. Hand- 

 sprayers can be purchased if your plants are troubled 

 by pests, but all these things can be added as necessary. 

 A few good tools is all anyone need bother with, though 

 it will pay the garden beginner to read over the cata- 

 logues of garden-tool manufacturers and keep abreast 

 of all the devices on the market, as some one of them 

 may fit some especial need. 



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