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Fig. 108. Crane-necked Hoes. 



Art. V. Bicton Gardens, their Culture and Management, in a Series 

 of Letters to the Conductor. By James Barnes, Gardener to the 

 Right Honourable Lady Rolle. 



{Continued from p. 436.) 



Letter XIX. Crane-necked Short-handled Hoes. 



I NOW give you an account of the different uses I make of my 

 little crane-necked 

 hoes. (Jig. 108.) 



JSTos. 1. and 2., 

 in Jig. 109., I use 

 for cutting and 

 thinning out all 

 kinds of vegetable 

 crops to their final 

 distance, such as carrots, early turnips, parsneps, onions, lettuce, 

 &c. ; and for stirring the surface amongst any growing crops, 

 where there is not 

 room for a larger 

 hoe. 



Nos. 3. and 4., in 

 Jig. 109., are for the 

 same purpose, the 

 first time of thin- 

 ning ; and for hoeing 

 such crops as do not 

 require to be made 

 so thin, as well as 

 among all kinds of 

 plants that are 

 pricked out, such 

 as celery, cauliflow- 

 ers, broccoli, cab- 

 bage, &c. 



Nos. 5. and 6., in 

 Jig. 110., I use for all 

 kinds of seed beds ; 

 for radishes, carrots, &c., in frames and pits ; for small seedlino-s 

 just pricked out in frames, pits, under hand-glasses, or in hooped 

 beds ; amongst peas in rows, when they first come up ; or any 

 other small crop where there is not room for wider hoes, and the 

 surface requires breaking. I make it a rule never to have any 

 hand-weeding done, except in the gravel walks ; as I am well 

 convinced there is much mischief done by incautious and thought- 

 less people weeding amongst crops. 



Nos. 7. and 8., in Jig. 110., I use for stirring the surface of 

 potted plants, seed-pans, &c. No. 8., Avith a sort of pointed 



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Fig. 109. Elevations of Crane-necked Hoes. 



