THE COTTAGE GARDENER AND COUNTRY GENTLEMAN’S COMPANION.— October 28,1850. 
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Improved Prussian IIoe. —This is mi exceedingly useful 
band-tool both for the fiower and kitchen-garden. It will do 
twice the work with half the labour of any description of 
hoe now in use; and it not only cuts and destroys the weeds, 
Self-acting Fumigator .—A 
Portable Instrument for Fumi¬ 
gating Greenhouses, Conserva¬ 
tories, < be. —By the use of this 
article the unpleasantness of 
contact with the smoke is re¬ 
moved, a circumstance which 
must recommend it to the notice 
of every lady or gentleman 
having a conservatory, as it 
merely requires lighting and it 
performs the operation, deliver¬ 
ing the smoke in a dense body 
without further attention, a 
result which no other Fumi¬ 
gator attains without constant 
blowing. We can bear testi¬ 
mony to its efficiency, for it de¬ 
livers the smoke in volumes so 
rapidly as to fill the house in a 
very short space of time, and 
thus renders less tobacco effi¬ 
cient. 
but leaves the grouud perfectly level without the use of the 
rake. They are only applicable to beds and borders, where 
the ground is soft. For ground that is hard the next hoe 
is preferable, because a greater downward pressure can be 
given. 
Horizontal Hoe. 
Norfolk Hoe. 
Improved Horizontal Hoe. —The blade is set at the 
same angle, and thus cuts up the weeds without destroying 
the evenness of the ground so much as those hoes do 
which are set nearer to a right angle with the handle. 
Norfolk IIoe. —The Hoe is fastened to the handle by a 
strong ferrule, so made that it is impossible for it to become 
loose. The mould does not adhere to the neck in wet 
weather, which is the case with the old pattern Eyed Hoe. 
Improved Drill Hoe. — 
“ This,” Messrs. Gidney say, 
“ draws a drill of any required 
depth, angular at the bottom 
(a great desideratum), thereby 
insuring a perfectly straight 
line of plants.” We fear, how¬ 
ever, that this will not do 
what is promised. The gar¬ 
dener must walk backward, 
treading on the ground on 
which the drill is to be drawn. 
This renders it impossible to 
draw the drill of equal depth, 
on account of the footsteps. 
With a common hoe, walking 
sideways, a gardener would make a drill quicker and 
better. 
French Bean Cutter.— For 
the purpose of Cutting French 
Feans and Scarlet Runners pre¬ 
vious to Cooking. — However 
large and uneven the Beans 
may be, by using this Cutter 
the pieces will be all of a uni¬ 
form size, thereby not only im¬ 
proving the appearance when 
brought to table, but securing 
perfect equality in the boiling, 
and a considerable saving of 
time in the preparing. We 
noticed this on a former occa¬ 
sion, but repeat our notice for 
the purpose of saying that we 
know where it continues to be 
employed, and that cooks more 
and more applaud it. 
Improved Cast-iron Cock.— For Garden and Manure 
Tanks, Tf r ater Butts, &c. —Fig a. shows a view of the cock 
Fig. B. Open. 
when closed. To open it, lift up the lever as represented by 
Fig. b., which, on being dropped down, effectually prevents 
leakage. It is simple in construction, not likely to get out 
of order, and is made in different sizes. No. 1 suitable for 
Water Butts, Tanks, Ac. No. 2 ditto for Manure and 
Water Carts, Ac. 
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