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GARDENING FOR THE SOUTH. 



Shovels are necessary for loading and spreading com- 

 posts and manures. The round-pointed one is most con- 

 venient for garden purposes. Let it be of steel. 



Manure Forks (figure 10), with 

 from four to eight tines, are indispen- 

 sable for moving fresh, long manures 

 with celerity and ease. 



Spade Fork. — A four-tine d or as- 

 paragus fork, also called a spade fork, 

 made of cast steel with wide tines 

 cut out of a solid plate, as in figure 11, 

 is one of the most desirable of garden 

 tools. With this implement, in a 

 stony or stiff soil, spading can be 

 done more rapidly, with greater ease 

 to the workman, and quite as effectu- 

 ally. It is also used to loosen the 

 earth, and for digging manure into 

 asparagus beds, or about trees, with- 

 out injury to or cutting the roots. 



The Crowbar is used in the gar- 

 den, mostly for setting poles for 

 climbers, pea brush, or other fixtures 

 for training plants, and for removing 

 rocks and other obstructions. 



Hoes. — These are of constant use in 

 gardening. They are of two kinds, the 

 draw-hoe and thrust-hoe, but the draw- 

 hoe is the most convenient. The most 

 useful are the round and square draw- 

 hoes, etc. ; made of a cast steel plate six 

 inches long and four wide ; the common 

 cotton hoe for ordinary use ; the triangu- 

 ar d raw-hoe (fig. 12) for digging furrows Fig. 12.— triangu- 

 and sowing seeds ; and the narrow semi- LAK H0K 

 circular or narrow square turnip hoes with sharp edges for 



SPADE FOIiK. 



