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GARDENING FOR THE SOUTH. 



Fi£. 21. — PRUNING SAW. 



2. Cutting Implements, for Operating on Plants. 



The Prttning-Saw (fig. 21) is from fourteen to eighteen 

 inches long, has fine 

 teeth, and a hooked 

 handle, for hanging upon 

 a limb, while in the tree. 

 It is also used in cutting off large stocks for grafting. One 

 with a blade tapering nearly to a point will be found 

 convenient. 



The Bow-Saw (figure 22) has a narrow blade, stiffen- 

 ed with an arched 

 back, the blade of 

 which can be made 

 more or less stiff, by 

 Fig. 22.-Bow.sAw. tightening the screw 



on which the back turns, is the best for gardening pur- 

 poses, and indispensable for sawing off stocks horizontally, 

 near the ground. A small tenon saw is very convenient. 



Hand Pruning-Shears. — Various patterns are made, 

 one of the latest of which is given in figure 23. They 

 are useful in clipping hedges, shortening in peach trees, 



Fig. 23.— PRUNING SHEARS. 



and cutting out small, dead branches. One man, with 

 them, can do as much as four with a pruning-knife. Small 

 sizes are made for ladies, and are very highly finished. 



Pole Pruning-Shears are fastened to a long handle, 

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



