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GARDEIilNG FOR THE SOUTH. 



GARDEN IMPLEMENTS. 



The principal implements employed in gardening are 

 the following : 



1. Implements for Preparing and Operating upon 

 THE Soil. 



Subsoil Plough. — This is of great seryice in large gar- 

 dens, answering as a tolerable substitute for the spade in 

 trenching for orchards and market gardens, doing the 

 work more cheaply and expeditiously, but not so well. 

 It requires a powerful team to manage it. 



The ont-horst Turning Plough is very efficient in deeply 

 stirring the soil among plantations of trees and the 

 larger garden crops. The whiffletrees should be short 

 that the trees and plants may not be injured. A strong 

 animal is required, and the plough must not come too near 

 the trees and plants. 



The Cultivator supersedes in a great degree in market 

 gardens the necessity of hand-hoeing among the main 

 crops. By passing it over once a week between the rows, 

 all the hoeing required is a narrow strip of a few inches in 

 the row. 



THE "WHEE1BARK0"W. 



The Wheelbarrow. — This is indispensable in the smallest 

 garden. In carrying manures, applying composts, moving 



