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tection necessary, they will give less trouble than covering 

 of other kinds, as well as being better for the plants. 



A good supply of hand-glasses is very useful. Those 

 of cast iron are good and durable. There are some which 

 are made square with movable tops : the square frames 

 which form the lower parts fixing together with pegs at 

 the corners. Bell-glasses, too, for raising cuttings, may 

 be named. 



Shears, knives, and scissors of different kinds, and a 

 few other implements will be wanted for pruning, bud- 

 ding, grafting, and all processes of that nature. 



A wheelbarrow of light make, with a broad wheel to 

 prevent disarrangement of the gravel, and boards to fit 

 in so as to make it deep in case of necessity for the col- 

 lection of light rubbish in large quantities, will be 

 required. A hand-barrow too is useful, its greatest 

 drawback being that it requires two persons to move it 

 about. Perhaps the best hand-barrow for the flower 

 garden is a strong wicker basket, set between two poles, 

 as it is light and manageable, and answers the purpose 

 well in collecting weeds as they are drawn, dead flowers, 

 cuttings, and small pots, full or empty. 



A scythe or a mowing machine, one or the other, or 

 both, must have a place among the implements w^here 

 grass has to be kept in order. A mowing machine is 

 dear to buy (from three or four pounds to thirty) and 

 complicated in make, and must consequently be treated 

 with care, by being thoroughly cleaned and oiled after 

 every time it is used. Many who have no prejudice 

 against the mowing machines are deterred from buying 

 one by its cost, and continue the use of the older imple- 

 ment, the scythe. This must be of good metal, and have 

 for a companion a good stone for sharpening it. 



In addition, a good heavy roller is indispensable ; a 

 ladder will be needed if there are tall- trained plants, , and 

 the following small items are wanted at times — a line, 

 a measuring rod, a dibber (one may be made out of an 

 old spade handle), a sieve, a saw, a hammer, a pair of 

 pincers, a broom^ and baskets. Things for use to be 

 kept in store are naiis, shreds, mats, nettings poles, 



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