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GARDENING FOR THE SOUTH. 



THE STANDING-LADDER is also indispensable in the fruit 

 garden. It should be made light, with Hat steps. 

 The supports are two sticks of light timber fixed 

 to the top, with hooks and straps, to be expanded 

 or contracted at pleasure. It should be six 

 or eight feet high. 



THE ORCHARDIST'S HOOK is a light rod with 

 a hook at the end, with a movable piece of wood 

 which slides upon the rod, as in figure 82. The 

 branches to be gathered from are brought near 

 by the hooked end, and retained in place by 

 hooking the sliding-piece over another branch. 

 GARDEN ENGINES. These are made of wood 

 or iron in many forms, and act upon the princi- 

 ^ op pie of the forcing pump. The tubes should be 

 made very strong, or they will be likely to burst 



in case of any obstruction. They are very convenient for 



watering on an 



extended scale, as 



in plantations of 



strawberries, etc. 

 WATERING-POTS 



are well - known 



implements, very 



necessary in a Pig. 88.-w ATEK i NO POT. 



garden or green-house (figure 33) . The best are of cop- 

 per. There should be two or 

 three roses of different fineness 

 Hang them so the water can 

 run out, when not in use. Tin 

 ones should be painted oc- 

 casionally, to prevent rusting. 

 In the French watering-pot, 

 figure 34, by the peculiar 

 construction of the handle, 



Fig. 34. FRENCH WATERING POT. the weight is more easily 



