Flower stakes topped with gi 
colored birds and beasts gi' 
touch of color to the garden 
A basket for vegetables 
wdl save trouble and 
steps 
T HE average window gardener either leaves 
the earth in the boxes and pots undisturbed 
for want of a good digging implement, or utilizes 
a paper cutter, a pair of scissors or a knife that 
might much better be left to perform its own special 
functions. A very useful combination trowel and 
rake is now made of heavy brass, the whole imple¬ 
ment being about eight inches long, with rake teeth 
at one end and trowel at the other. This ingenious 
little implement, invented by a woman gardener, 
makes a most attractive and useful gift. Where 
window boxes are used at all windows, one of these 
little implements might be provided for each room. 
The unromantic gardener often scoffs at 
the use of the new sticks with gay birdies t' 
atop which the up-to-date gardener uses to 
support roses and other plants that need 
tying up. But the scoffer is silenced when 
he sees the latest productions from the 
wooden 
Garden Accessories 
For close work these tools are in¬ 
valuable; note the long, sturdy 
handles. The implement on the 
right is a reel 
aviary. 
The little birds 
that adorn the 
tops of these 
( Cont. on p. 378) 
wishing ball crowning an ivy 
pillar will prove an attractive 
addition 
o garden is complete without a bird 
bath. Such a pan set out on the lawn 
will be well patronized 
The kneeling basket will prove useful, especially to women gardeners; it saves both knees and 
skirts, and being practically waterproof prevents dampness from slipping into the bones 
The flower basket is indispensable for the woman gardener or 
a flower tray on which to lay the more tender blossoms 
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