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makes a strong cut upwards* and 
from him* so as to remove the 
branch with a single stroke* and 
to leave a slanting section. This 
operation* however* requiring 
strength as well as skill* it will 
generally be safer for a lady to 
keep to her pruning shears* a 
pair of which may be bought for 
7s. 6c?.* and wdiich will be suffi¬ 
cient to cut through the largest 
branch that a lady would be able 
to remove; or to use a pair of 
garden scissors fixed to a pole 
which may be lengthened or 
taken to pieces like a fishing-rod. 
The scissors are strong and sharp* 
and are made to act by means of 
a long cord* which passes through 
rings down the side of the pole. 
The principal use of these scissors 
is to remove dead roses* &c.* but 
they will also cut off a branch of 
dead wood* &c. When a gar¬ 
dener wishes to remove a large 
branch* he first cuts a notch out 
