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pit and worked by pullies, to which matting or carpet is attached, 
will serve for this purpose. 
GARDEN TOOLS. 
Every well-regulated garden should be supplied with the fol- 
lowing tools, viz: Spade, shovel, rake, scuffle-hoe, budding and 
pruning-knife, syringe, snip-shears, garden-trowel, small and large 
watering-pot, small saw, and hatchet. Where the grounds are ex- 
tensive, others will be necessary. Stakes, from one to five feet in 
length, and of different thickness, should always be kept on hand; 
together with cotton-twist, bass-matting, nails, tacks, and leather, 
for securing vines and other running plants to trelleses, pillars, 
&e. Leather should alone be employed for securing vines and 
other climbing plants, as it is in all respects preferable to twine, 
for the latter, on becoming wet, shrink and injures the plant. 
PRACTICAL DIRECTIONS. 
Neatness and order are always indispensable in a flower-garden, 
and when not secured, neither the beauty nor variety of the plants 
will compensate for their abscence. In order to secure these im- 
portant requisites, the following suggestions should be strictly 
adhered to, viz: 
1. Perform every operation in the proper season and in the best 
manner. This is to be acquired in part by practice and partly 
also by reflection. For example: In spading up a piece of ground, 
it is a common practice with some persons to throw the weeds and 
stones on the spaded ground, or on the adjoining walk, with the 
intention of gathering them up afterwards. A better way is to 
have a wheel-barrow, box, or basket, in which to place the weeds, 
stones, and other extraneous matter, as they are picked up out 
of the ground. Some persons, in planting or weeding, throw 
down all weeds, stones, &c., with a view to pick them up or rake 
