. Gardening for the South;. Vegetable gardening; Fruit-culture. 106 GARDENING FOR THE SOUTH. two inches ihick, eighteen inches long and ten wide, with a handle inserted perpendicularly in the centre. With this the lawn should be beat when the turf is set to a per- fect level. This is quite as effectual a mode of smoothing a lawn, but much more time and labor are required than hy the use of the roller The Pick.—This is indispensable in trenching hard clay subsoils in which the spade cannot penetrate. It consists of a wooden handle inserted in a head composed of two iron levers both pointed with
. Gardening for the South;. Vegetable gardening; Fruit-culture. 106 GARDENING FOR THE SOUTH. two inches ihick, eighteen inches long and ten wide, with a handle inserted perpendicularly in the centre. With this the lawn should be beat when the turf is set to a per- fect level. This is quite as effectual a mode of smoothing a lawn, but much more time and labor are required than hy the use of the roller The Pick.—This is indispensable in trenching hard clay subsoils in which the spade cannot penetrate. It consists of a wooden handle inserted in a head composed of two iron levers both pointed with steel, one of which should come to a point and the other made about two inches wide for cutting roots or any The Spade,—The best are Ames', cast steel. A large one is required for lifting trees, trenching, &c., but a lighter one is convenient for common 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 White, William N. , 1819-1867. New York, C. M. Saxton and company; Athens, Ga. , W. N. White
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