Little individual glass houses that are 
quickly erected or taken down are one of 
the real joys of the up-to-date gardener 
for they establish ‘‘under glass” condi- 
tions for any plant it is desirable to favor 
Such a basket will save a thousand waste- 
ful steps to say nothing of the wear and 
tear on one’s patience which the necessity 
of running after this or that involves 
Beautifully exact is everything done with the 
wheel-hoe which plays no favorite anywhere 
TOOLS AND SUNDRIES 
FOR THE 
MODERN GARDEN 
An implement for surface tillage 
which works close to the plants and 
stirs up the half-inch dust mulch, 
so essential to success, as fast 
as it can be drawn along the rows 
The entire operation of opening the row, drop- 
ping the seed, closing the earth over it and roll- 
ing it down, and marking the line for the next row 
is done with a once-over of the wheel-seeder 
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Paper pots are available in all shapes 
and sizes, and in nothing else is 
moisture maintained so equably 
A celery blancher, 
which appears to be 
a cross between a 
straight- jacket and 
an overcoat, does the 
job better and leaves 
the stalk cleaner than 
banked-up earth 
In a small garden the ubiquitous wheel-hoe 
may even break up the ground by plowing 
