THE WELL-CONSIDERED GARDEN 



sheath. No player of the violin, after finishing 

 with his instrument, ever unscrews his bow or 

 covers the violin itself with more care than that 

 with which I wipe my trowel and replace it in 

 its leathern home. So necessary has my trowel 

 become to me that I am even now lending it as 

 a model to a manufacturer of tools; and my hope 

 is that trowels of this type may soon find their 

 way into the hands of all those who feel with 

 me that without perfection here the work must 

 languish. 



The Vickery Garden Basket, mentioned above, 

 is as convenient as such a thing may be. Fitted 

 garden baskets, however, are apt to be unsuited 

 to individual needs. Either they contain articles 

 useless to their owner or they lack the things he 

 cannot do without. 



Twelve or thirteen dollars, according to a writer 

 in "The Garden Magazine," will supply the ama- 

 teur with all tools absolutely necessary for his 

 garden; and this is based upon the use of the 

 best in tools, not the cheapest. The bill becomes 

 higher when one begins to add to these necessaries 

 little expediters and simplifiers of garden work; 

 but if such additions are made only occasionally 

 the financial strain cannot be severely felt. Thus, 



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