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GARDENING FOR THE SOUTH. 



Fig. 6.— HARROW-TOOTHED 

 TOR. 



The Cultivator supersedes in a great degree the ne- 

 cessity of hand-hoeing among the main crops in market 



gardens. By passing it 

 over once a week be- 

 tween the rows, all the 

 hoeing required is a nar- 

 row strip of a few inches 

 in the row. The first 

 working of the season 

 should be with a narrow 

 plow, to stir the soil 

 deeply ; then keep it 

 light with the cultivator. The teeth are made of various 

 shapes. That given in figure 6 has harrow teeth. 



The Wheelbarrow is indispensable in the smallest 

 garden. In carrying manures, applying conrposts, mov- 

 ing soils, and gathering crops, it is of constant service. 

 The handles and frame should be of tough wood, but the 

 sides and bottom may be of poplar or any light material. 



The Garden Roller. (Fig. 7.) — This consists of two 

 cast iron sections one foot in width 

 and twenty inches in diameter, 

 with an iron handle. Weights can 

 be attached to the inside to make 

 it heavier. Being made in two 

 sections, the earth is not scraped up 

 while turning around. It is very 

 useful in keeping grass lawns 

 smooth and velvety, and is valu- 

 able to follow the putting in of all 

 seeds in sandy soils. Lawns should 

 be rolled when the ground is moder- 

 ately soft with rain, after each mowing, 

 stitute, for a small plot of grass, is a 



Turf Beetle, made of plank three inches thick, 

 eighteen inches long, and ten wide, with a handle inserted, 



Fi£. 7.— GARDEN ROLLER. 



A tolerable sub- 



