. The Country gentleman's magazine. Agriculture; Agriculture -- Great Britain. 6o TJie Country Gcntlcmaiis Magazine MCINTOSH'S lURF VERGE CUTTER. \ Another very useful, and we may say necessary implement is the edging knife for paring the verges of lawns. Properly to handle this implement required some little skill. The verge cutter we are now about to describe was invented more than fifty years ago by Mr M'Intosh, and was first described by Loudon in the "Gardeners' Magazine," vol. i., page 139. Although so efficient an imple- ment, it is very little known, but certainly wherever it
. The Country gentleman's magazine. Agriculture; Agriculture -- Great Britain. 6o TJie Country Gcntlcmaiis Magazine MCINTOSH'S lURF VERGE CUTTER. \ Another very useful, and we may say necessary implement is the edging knife for paring the verges of lawns. Properly to handle this implement required some little skill. The verge cutter we are now about to describe was invented more than fifty years ago by Mr M'Intosh, and was first described by Loudon in the "Gardeners' Magazine," vol. i., page 139. Although so efficient an imple- ment, it is very little known, but certainly wherever it has been introduced it has com- pletely superseded the old implement. With this verge cutter a man may cut as much in one day as he will cut in four or five days with the one in general use. Unless there be a long straight line to be edged, a garden line is unnecessary, but where one is used it may be placed between the wheel and the coulter, or cutting part of the implement. A certain degree of pres- sure is necessary on the handle when the ground is hard; and the kneed coulter (that shewn to the right in the engraving) may be employed when the edgings are not very. M'Intosh's Verge Cutter. regular. When in use, the coulters should be sharpened every morning, and several should be taken out by the operator, in order that the instant one loses its cutting edge, its place may be supplied by Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original London, S. Marshall & Co
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