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and lastly^, tlie principal thing, the action is so easy as never 

 to hnrt the hand. " During the many years of my expe- 

 rience/'' observes M. Lachaume, a fruit grower who describes 

 this implement in the Revue Horticole, " I have used tools 

 of all kinds, and 

 the tools have also 

 used me a little ; 

 but I have never 

 met with anything 

 which gave me so 

 much satisfaction 

 as the Secateur 

 Vauthier. Every 

 desirable quality is 

 combined in it, and 

 I recommend it 

 with perfect confi- 

 dence. The 

 strongest branch 

 will not resist its 

 cutting, nor a sin- 

 gle branch, how- 

 ever well concealed, 

 be inaccessible to 

 it. Moreover, the 

 double notch on 

 the back of the 

 blade and hook (in 

 which a wire is 

 shown in the figure) 

 will enable the 



operator when employed at his trellises to cut every wire 

 without using the pincers.''^ 



The Secateur Lecointe (Fig. 327) is another variety 

 recommended by the leading French horticultural journal. 

 The inventor was led to devise this kind of spring in order 

 to avoid the annoyance arising from the frequent breakage 

 of the form usually employed. It is said that this form of 

 spring secures an easy and gentle action of the instrument, 



The Secateur Vauthier, 



