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J. M. Thorburn & Co.'s Catalogue of Seeds. 



IMPLEMENTS AND REQUISITES-CONTINUED. 



Each. 



Plant Sticks, Round, painted green, 2, 2>£, 3 and 4 feet 1% cts. per running foot . 



" " " 5 and 6 feet 2 cts. per running foot . 



Southern Canes, 7 to 10 feet long $1.25 per 100, $9 per 1,000 . 



Pruner, " The Levin." The strongest hand shear extant. It is made of the finest steel. Though but 

 twice the size of our cut, and only 7 ounces in weight, it is so strong that it can cut through 



half an inch of dry oak. See cut, page 59 $1 00 



Raffia, For tying 25 cts. per lb. ; 5 lbs., $1; 10 lbs., $1.75 . 



Rakes, French Steel. Flat teeth, not handled 60 



American Garden. Steel : handled 40 cts. to 80 



Lawn. See under Lawn Rakes. 

 Rollers, See page 57. 



Saws, Pruning, various sizes and kinds 70 cts. to 1 25 



Scissors, Grape, Best English. For thinning the bunches SI and 1 25 



" American 50 



Bow Pruning. Suitable for ladies' or gentlemen's use 40 cts., 75 cts. and 1 00 



Flower Gatherers. For cutting and holding the flowers 75 cts. and 1 50 



Scythes, English Lawn. Cast steel, SG and 38 inches $2.00 and 2 25 



Scythe Stones, Round Welsh Talacre $1.50 per doz. . 15 



Rifles, Triple Emery-Coated $1. per doz. . 10 



Shears, Grass-Border $2.25 to 2 75 



" " with wheel 2 25 



Hand Pruning, Wiss'. Three sizes $1.50 to 2 00 



Hedge. Four sizes $1.50 to 3 00 



Pole Pruning, Wiss'. Two sizes $2.50 and 3 00 



Perfection Pruning. The best made. Four sizes. (See page 43.) $2 to 3 50 



Watch-Spring English Pruning $1.25 and 150 



Sheep. (Spring Grass Sheai-s.) Extra quality English ; for trimming grass 125 



Shovels, Ames' Best Cast-Steel. Square and diamond pointed : long or short handles $1 to 1 25 



Spades, Ames' Best Cast-Steel $1 and 1 25 



Sprinkling" Barrel, Hand. (See cut, page 59.) 38 00 



Thermometers. No. 1. Seine's Self-Registering. Registers both heat and cold, indicating exactly 

 how hot or how cold it has been since last notation. It is easily reset by a horse- 

 shoe magnet, which accompanies each instrument. In black enameled cases . . 2 50 

 No. 2. Porcelain Scale. 8 inches long; numbers and letters hand-painted . ... 1 00 



No. 3. Ordinart Japanned Tin Case 30 



No. 4. Hot-Bed and Mushroom-Bed. Boxwood, with heavy brass tip; specially 



made for plunging. Plain red spirit columns 2 50 



Trowels, Solid Shank. Cast-Steel, very strong 50 cts. to 60 



Watering-Pots, French Model. Galvanized iron 6 qts., $1.50; 8 qts., 2 00 



Weeders, Excelsior 15 



Lawn. For removing docks, dandelions, etc. ; can also be used as an Asparagus knife . . . 35 



SPRING GRASS SHEARS. $125. ASPARAGUS KNIFE. Two Sizes, $1 and $1 .50. 



75 cents to $i. Line, 75 cents. hedge shears. $1.50 to $3. grass edging knife. $1.50 to $2. 



