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chine is drawn backward the pawls slip over the teeth. Near 

 the center of the frame is jour- 

 naled a rake-head, with teeth pro- 

 jecting at right angles from its 

 sides, as shown in the small view, 

 one end of the rake-head having 

 rigidly attached thereto a small 

 pulley connected by a belt with 

 the pulley on the drive-wheel 

 shaft. As the refuse is thrown 

 upward by the rake when the ma- 

 chine advances, it is received in a 

 box-like receptacle provided with 

 a detachable cover, this recepta- 

 cle neatly fitting within the frame 

 of the machine, and having a 

 transverse bottom opening within 

 which the rake revolves. When/ 



Fig. 27. 



the box has been filled with 

 grass, leaves, etc., it may 

 be lifted from the frame, the 

 cover removed, its contents 

 emptied, and the receptacle 

 again replaced without 

 trouble. ' ' — Scientific Ameri- 

 can ; reported in American 

 Gar -den , 703. 



Hose-Truck. — (Fig. 27.) 

 A neat device for carrying 

 hose is shown in the figure. 

 It is made of ordinary gas- 

 pipe. — Popular Gardening, 

 196. 



Vase- Watering Device. 

 — (Fig. 28.) This is a sim- 

 ple tin or iron punctured 

 tube with a funnel top, the 



