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water. It is very valuable in dry weather, as it can 

 be allowed to sprinkle for an hour or more in one place, 

 and then be removed to another portion of the lawn. 

 It is also a pretty ornament as a fountain. The illus- 

 tration shows a small revolving sprinkler called the 

 "Perfection," which is simply stuck in the ground. 

 There are larger and more elaborate affairs with arms 

 and ball and basket attachments, which keep a silvered 

 ball continually dancing in the air. 



THE REEL AND LINE (figure 152) are necessary in 

 every well-regulated garden, enabling us to plant in 

 straight and accurate rows. The best lines are those of 

 braided linen, which will not stretch nor kink. Wind 

 upon the reel when not in use. 



PRUNING AND BUDDING KNIVES (figure 153) are nec- 

 essary to every gardener. They are of different sizes 



Fig. 153. 



and shapes, for the various purposes of grafting, bud- 

 ding, etc., and are made of the best steel. 



GRAPE SCISSORS (figure 154). These are slender- 

 pointed scissors, used for thinning out the berries of 

 foreign grapes when they are about a quarter grown, so 



