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THE PRACTICAL GARDENER. 



printed or written, or numbered, so as to refer to its name in 

 a list. Many, however, object to plants being labeled, as 

 having an appearance not altogether in character with the 

 private flower garden, and where that is the case, stout pegs 

 may be driven into the ground close to each plant, and their 

 tops level with the surface ; this will, in a great measure, pro- 

 tect the plants, while the cause is kept concealed. Great care 

 should be taken in putting in the spade that the plants be not 

 injured, and for the better effecting this purpose, a neat three- 

 pronged fork might be used instead of the* spade, which will 

 perform the necessary operation without endangering the 

 plants. 



GRASS-WALKS AND LAWNS. 



Grass-walks and lawns may still be continued to be laid or 

 sown where required. Continue to sweep, poll, and roll grass- 

 walks and lawns, when the weather will permit. The grass- 

 edgings or verges to gravel-walks, and the sides of all grass- 

 walks, as well as the edges round clumps of shrubs or flowers, 

 should be now neatly gone over with the edging iron, and cut 

 as straight as possible. The accompanying figure represents 

 an edging-iron of our invention, which was first published in 



the Gardeners Magazine, No. 2, by our permission, and 

 may be purchased of Mr. Ware, at his Agricultural Machine 

 Warehouse, Ox ford- Street, price One Guinea. In all cases, 

 excepting when there is a long straight line to be edged, a 

 garden-line is unnecessary ; where a line must be used, it will 

 perhaps be best to place it so that it will run between the 

 wheel and the coulter, or cutting-part of the machine (a); a 

 ■^^^r,\r^ fipo-ree of pressure is necessary uoon the handle, where 



