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Implements, etc. 



A ladder of this construction is found very useful, not only in fruit* 

 houses, where a common ladder could not be conveniently carried, 



but in pruning standard trees, 

 because it can be thrust 

 through the branches like a 

 round pole, without difficulty, 

 and when once there, it is 

 Fig. i 4S . easily opened. 



Wheel-barrows are of two 



kinds ; Fig. 145 is the simpler or canal barrow, used for wheeling 

 earth, stones, and manure, and is emptied by tipping it on its side ; 



and Fig. 146 is the 

 larger or box barrow, 

 the side boards of which 

 may be removed for un- 

 loading, or for receiving 

 larger articles than 

 would enter the box. 



Tree scraper (Fig. 



Fig. 146. J 47)- This is used for 



removing the rough 



and shaggy bark, moss, etc., from old fruit-trees. It consists of a 

 triangular plate of steel, attached to a handle at the centre. The 



sides of the triangle are 

 about four inches, and 

 the handle may be from 

 one to several feet in 

 length. 



Garden Syringe (Fig. 

 148). This is made of various sizes, of different materials, and with 

 different caps or orifices. The cheapest is made of thick sheet-tin, 

 and the best and most durable of brass. For throwing a single stream, 



Fig. 147. 



Fig. 148. 



the jet represented in the figure is attached; for washing dusty 

 foliage with a soft shower, a rose with many fine holes is screwed 



