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GARDENING FOR THE SOUTH. 



bark more readilj. It has an ivory haft, thin and smooth 

 at the end, for raising the bark. 



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GIUBTIKG-TOOL. 



The, Grajling-Tool is employed in cleft-grafting large 

 stocks. It is nsed for splitting the stock, and has a sharp 

 edge, curved inwards, to cut the bark in splitting. The 

 wedge part is used to keep the stock open while the 

 scions are inserted. 



liAWN-SOTTnK 



The Lawn- Scythe, with snath, is very necessaiy to keep 

 the grass smooth shaven, and of that soft green, velvety 

 appearance, so desirable. Those made of a thin plate of 

 steel, welded to an iron back, are light and durable, and 

 may be whet until the blade is within half an inch of ihss 

 back, without grinding. 



3. — Instruments of Designating, Watering, &c. 



Tallies. — Those for common use, to last a single season, 

 are most readily prepared from the white pine of which 

 most dry-goods boxes are made. The wood is very soft 



