GARDEN IMPLEMENTS. 



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MOWER. 



on hill-sides or among trees or shrubs, where the lawn 



mower cannot be worked. 

 LAWN MOWERS, (Fig. 115). The great improvements 



made in Lawn 



Mowers during the 



past few years, and 



the low price at 



which they may 



now be obtained, 



have made their 



introduction com- 



mon to every gar- 



den. They are of 



many sizes, from 



the small machine 



that can be easily 



worked by a boy, 



and admirably adapted for city garden plots, to the 



large horse mowers, that may be daily seen in use in our 



larger parks. We have in use both the " Excelsior " and 



"Archimedean" Lawn Mowers, and have found them 



excellent in all respects. 



THE GARDEN ROLLER, (Fig. 116), is indispensable to 

 a well kept lawn, and should always 

 follow after mowing, keeping the 

 ground level and compact ; and after 

 gravel walks have been raked over, the 

 roller is necessary to smooth them down. 



THE WOODEN LAWN EAKE, (Fig. 

 / / KA 117), is used for raking off lawns pre- 

 vious to and after using the scythe or 

 lawn mower, and for removing dead 

 Fig. 116. ROLLER, leaves and other rubbish. 

 THE RAKE, (Fig. 118), is used to level the surface of the 

 ground after it has been spaded or hoed, and to prepare 



