GARDEN TOOLS. 



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have a very strong trowel (fig. 66) niade of steel, with a piece of 

 wood fixed on the steel for a handle. This is invaluable for the re- 

 moval of wild flowers and ferns, and no lover of his garden should 

 ever travel without it. I also always myself carry, in ferny countries,, 

 a strong steel instrument made in the form of a cross (fig. 6y), 

 and plants can be extracted by it from walls and stones with ease. 



For planting, a dibber (fig. 68) is employed, and it is useful, 

 as the gardener forcibly drives the earth against the rootlets 

 of the plant, which much promotes the success of the opera- 

 tion. When trees or large bushes are removed, a wooden 

 rammer takes the place of the dibber, but really it is nothing 

 more than a large dibber to ram the earth against the small 

 rootlets -of the tree. 



In every garden where there are many plant-houses the watering 

 becomes a serious business, and especially so if water has to be pro- 

 cured from a distance. At my garden water is abundant, and there- 

 fore we have only to consider the hydraulic contrivances which we 



Fig. 69. 



Fig. 70. 



directly use for the purpose of watering the plants. We employ water- 

 pots of various sizes (fig. 69), and another form lately invented which 

 throws a fine jet of water over delicate plants (fig. 70). When we desire 



Fig. 71- 



that the water should dash against the plant and thoroughly wash the 

 leaves to remove foreign matters, we use syringes. Reed's syringes 

 are excellent. We use, besides, one of a very useful form (fig. 71), 



