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1. Leather belt, 3ft. 6in. to 4ft. long, lin 

 wide, long enough to cover an overcoat, 

 with leather sheaths to slide on, to bold 

 saws and secateur. 



2. Curved saw with small fine teeth, 

 14^in. long (blade 9Jin. and handle 5in.). 



3. Saw, with large teeth, curved handle, 

 13Jin.. long (blade SJin. and handle 5in.), 

 will cut through a bough 4in. in diameter 

 with great ease. 



Both saws, which cut on a downward 

 pull, are of French manufacture. Saws 

 resembling No. 2 can be bought in Eng- 

 land, but they are much larger and not 

 so well fitted for the work. 



4. Knife to pare saw cuts and bad 

 cuts made by secateurs. 



5'. " Westminster " Secateur. The 

 springs are very good, and there is a 

 catch to prevent the bolt slipping. These 

 secateurs used to be sold by the Army 

 and Navy Stores for 3s. 6d. 



6. Sharpening hone and case, the 

 sportsman's combination stone, manufac- 

 tured by the Carborundum Co., Niagara 

 Falls, N.Y., 4in. long, Jin. thick, in leather 

 case, is a splendid stone for sharpening 

 secateurs and knife. 



7. Planting board 4 to 5ft. long. The 

 places where the trees are to stand hav- 

 ing been marked out with small sticks, 

 the centre of the board is placed against 

 the stick where the tree is to stand, and 

 two additional sticks are placed one at 

 each end where the board is cut. The 

 board is then taken away and the hole 

 dug. Then the board is put back between 

 the two sticks and the, stem of the tree 

 is placed at the central notch; after a 

 little earth has been placed in the hole 

 the board can be removed, and the tree 

 will be in the exact spot required. 



I feel this short chapter does not do jus- 

 tice to the important subject of pruning, 

 but for a more complete and thorough trea- 

 tise on the subject I would recommend an 

 excellent and illustrated little handbook 

 on " Pruning " written by Mr. Hammond, 

 of Pilgrim's Hatch, Middlesex, a practical 

 fruit farmer, and published by the Lock- 

 wood Press, 1, Mitre Court, Fleet Street, 

 London, E.C., price Is. Also the leaflet 

 on " Pruning," sent free of cost on appli- 

 cation to the Ministry of Agriculture. 



To learn pruning the beginner needs to 

 work with a good pruner who is willing to 

 explain the reason of his practice. 



