110 GARDENING FOR THE SOUTH. 



BOW SAW. 



The Bow- Saw, wbicli has a very narrow blade, stiffened 

 with an arched back, the blade of which can be made 

 more or less stiff, by tightening the screw on which the 

 back turns, is the best for gardening purposes, and indis- 

 pensable for sawing off stocks horizontally, near the ground. 

 A small tenon saw is very convenient for grafting purposes 



HAND PRUM-VG-sniARS. 



Hand Pruning- Shears. — Those with a sliding centre are 

 most desirable, as with them a draw-cut can be made as 

 smooth as with a knife. Small sizes are made for ladies, 

 and very highly finished. They are useful in clipping 

 hedges, shortening in peach trees, and cutting out small 

 dead branches. One man, with them, can do as much as 

 four with a pruning-knife. 



Pole Pruning- Shears are fastened to a long handle, and 

 worked with a cord passing over a pulley. They are used 

 for removing dead branches, or those infested with insects, 

 from high trees. Branches an inch in diameter can be cut off 

 with this instrument. They are best with a sliding centre 



NoTB.— Many af these implements are from the well known manufacturer, Mr. 

 R. L. Allen, 18f Water street, New York. 



