BEST LAWN TOOLS AND THEIR USE I29 



a necessary part of the equipment for the 

 amateur with only a city lot. This tool con- 

 sists of a half circle of steel set in a handle, and 

 is used to trim around borders and curves. 

 It is specially serviceable for straightening up 

 and squaring sides of the lawn which have 

 spread over their original line. This trueing 

 becomes necessary every once in a while, be- 

 cause the traffic and the natural inclination of 

 the soil to spread and level out uneven edges 

 tends to destroy the strict original line. 



In the spring time it is well indeed to take 

 the garden line and, by means of it and a two- 

 edged board, follow around all the edges of 

 the lawn with the edging iron, cutting down 

 into the ground below and thus straightening 

 out the unevennesses that may have re- 

 sulted from the winter. 



THE HOSE AND ITS CARE 



Notwithstanding what has been pre- 

 viously said regarding the use of the hose and 

 the propriety of watering as little as prac- 

 ticable, a hose should enter into the 

 equipment. The standard rubber hose 

 is known as four ply, and perhaps 



