Tools and Conveniences of the Year. 



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A Wheel Marker and Dibble. 

 useful device, made from a 

 cylindrical stick of hard 

 timber, which both marks 

 the rows and makes holes 

 for the plants. — Farm and 

 Fireside ; reported in Popu- 

 lar Gardening, 201. 



Pronged-Hoe. — (Fig. 

 4.) A strong pronged or 

 " grape" hoe for various 

 uses in grubbing. — Popular Gardening, 2jS. 



Strawberry-Hoe. — (Fig. 5.) A hoe and 

 runner-knife made from the leaf of a buggy- 

 spring. The blade is about 10 inches long. 

 " The upper part of the 

 blade is bent at an oppo- 



(Fig. 3.) A simple and 



Fig. 3. 



Fig. 



Fig. 5. 



site angle 

 from the low- 

 er or hoe part 

 of the blade. 

 In other 

 words, the 

 lower part 

 stands to- 

 wards you 

 and the upper 

 part from you. " — A. A. Coon, in Popu- 

 lar Gardening, 231. 



Mrs. Tarryer's Tools. — (Fig. 6.) 

 A collection of tools, chiefly for the ex- 

 termination of small weeds, which the 

 readers of the American Garden will 

 recall. (See Annals for 1890, 250.) — 

 American Garden, 441. 



