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HOUTICULTURAL IMPLEMENTS, ETC. 



and has tlie advantage of lasting longer than others^ from 

 not being so liable to break, while it secures a firmness and 

 evenness in working which is not otherwise attained. A 

 fui'ther improvement is pointed out in the fastenings, which 

 consists of a stop which catches when the two handles are 

 drawn together^ a projecting portion on the outside acting 

 as a spring which is to be pressed when the instrument is 

 required to be opened. .M. Lecointe of Laigle is the 

 inventor. 



Fig. 328 represents the secateur of older date than the 

 preceding, and one more generally used. It is much 



Fig. 327. Fig. 328. 



The Secateur Lecointe. Tlie Common Secateur. 



employed at Montreuil. There can be no doubt that 

 where much pruning of any kind is done, and particularly 

 pruning of a rather rough nature, the secateur is a valuable 

 implement, Eor pruning in which great nicety of cutting 

 is required a good and properly shaped knife is best. The 

 secateur was first invented by M. Bertrand of MoUeville. 



The Raidisseijr. — This is the name for the little wire- 

 straining implement which plays such a very important part in 

 the wiring of garden walls, or erecting of trellises for fruit 

 growing in France. It is an implement which, though 

 insignificant in itself, is calculated to make a vast improve- 



