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Never depend on memory, or the little wooden labels 

 which come with the plants you buy. 



Trowels for transplanting and digging among 

 plants will be needed in every home where flowers 

 are grown. 



A weeding hook will be found a great convenience 

 in stirring the soil about your plants — much better than 

 the stick with which the work is generally done. Some 

 of the most approved styles are shown in Fig 51. 



FIG SI — SERVICEABLE WEEDING IMPLEMENTS 



Watering pots ought always to be at hand. The 

 best are those made of heavy galvanized iron. The 

 most useful ones are those having a long, slender spout, 

 which will enable you to put the water just where it 

 is needed without spilling or slopping it. Every water- 

 ing pot ought to be fitted with a set of nozzles, which 

 can be slipped on over the end of the spout, when it 

 is necessary to spray plants, or the floor of the green- 

 house. 



Every amateur ought to have a portable spray 

 pump (Fig 4). It will be found one of the most 



