106 
101. The com- 
mon scarifier. 
the market is shown in Fig. 101. 
Hand-weeders. 
For small beds of flowers or vegetables, hand- 
weeders of various patterns are essential to easy 
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103. A hand- 104. A finger-weeder. 
weeder. 
and efficient 
with long and short handles, is shown in Fig. 
105. A small 
hand-weeder. 
MANUAL OF GARDENING 
by rooting them out. Figure 98 shows such a 
tool, and a home-made implement answering the 
same purpose is illustrated in Fig. 99. This latter 
tool is easily made from strong band-iron. An- 
other type is suggested in Fig. 100, representing 
a slicing-hoe made by fastening a 
sheet of good metal to the tines of 
a broken fork. The kind chiefly in 
work. One of the best patterns, 
102. Another style, that may be Raine 
made at home of hoop-iron, is drawn 
in Fig. 103. A finger-weeder is illustrated in 
Fig. 104. In Fig. 105 a common form is shown. 
Many patterns of hand-weeders are in the mar- 
ket, and other forms will suggest themselves to 
the operator. 
Trowels and their kind. 
Small hand-tools for digging, as trowels, dibbers, and spuds, 
may be had 
pay an extra 
of dealers. In buying a trowel it is economy to 
price and secure a steel blade with a strong shank 
that runs through the entire length of the handle. One of these 
