2J6 Horticultural Implements, Appliances, etc. 



the cultivator than ever they were before. There are various forms 

 which I need hardly describe, as they are so well shown in the ac- 

 companying cuts. The first (Fig. 90) is a reduced figure of one about 



FIG. 90. 



three inches long, and of which I brought some specimens from 

 Paris. The engraver has placed it in the best position to show its 

 structure. The wire that passes in through one end is slipped 

 through a hole in the axle ; the other end is attached to the tongue, 

 as shown in the engraving, and then by the aid of a key. Fig. 9 1 , 



FIG. 91. 



placed on the square end of the axle, the whole is wound as tight 

 and straight as could be desired. The first form figured is very 

 much used in the best gardens, and always seemed to me to do its 

 work most effectively. The next figure is the tendeur, or stretcher 



FIG. 92. 



of Collignon, recommended by Du Breuil. It does not differ 

 much from the preceding. D shows the point of insertion of the 

 wire that has to be tightened ; B the fastening of the other end of 

 the wire j and A the head on which the key is placed. Fig. 93 is 

 a side view of the same implement. The best form of these 



