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Several baskets or trugs. 

 Watering cans. 



Mowing machine. This will depend upon the 

 amount of grass ; but in a garden of any consider- 

 able size two will be required, one large one for 

 the lawns, and a small one, 10 in. or 12 in. wide, 

 for borders and edges. For the first, the American 

 make is light, cheap, and simple in construction, 

 but as they have no back roller, they will not work 

 on narrow borders. The " Pennsylvania," to be 

 worked by a man and a boy, and a small " Green," 

 will probably be the most suitable. 



It must be seen that the tools are kept in first 

 rate order. A grindstone, one worked with a 

 treadle, will be necessary. If good tools are 

 bought and kept clean, well oiled, and sharp, 

 they will last a long time ; and those that have 

 been used are the easiest to work with. They 

 are broken in, as it were. 



It will be advisable, upon the first opportunity, 

 to clear out every hole and corner, and get rid of the 

 rubbish. Old tools, however, should never be 

 thrown away, as wooden handles will turn into 

 dibbers and measuring pegs. Short handles will 

 do for trowels, etc. Old spades can be cut down, 

 re-sharpened, and used for digging amongst shrubs 

 and in herbaceous borders. When they are past 

 work, they can be put into the ground, blade up- 



