. A dictionary of modern gardening. Gardening. The Turfing Iron is for raising or peeling off the turves from the soil. It has an arrow-headed flat blade, with an angular handle, thus :— Fig. 174. f o A Turf or Daisy Rake consists of a piece of thin plate iron, cut into teeth, with two slips of ash, or other tough wood, between which it is firmly rivet- ed to form a back, and keep it from bending. When put together, the back is an inch and a quarter thick. The wood is beveled to nothing, half an inch above the interstices of the teeth, at. which point the iron is slightly bent longitudinally t
. A dictionary of modern gardening. Gardening. The Turfing Iron is for raising or peeling off the turves from the soil. It has an arrow-headed flat blade, with an angular handle, thus :— Fig. 174. f o A Turf or Daisy Rake consists of a piece of thin plate iron, cut into teeth, with two slips of ash, or other tough wood, between which it is firmly rivet- ed to form a back, and keep it from bending. When put together, the back is an inch and a quarter thick. The wood is beveled to nothing, half an inch above the interstices of the teeth, at. which point the iron is slightly bent longitudinally to admit the thickness of wood underneath, and give a proper inclination to the handle. The instru- ment serves both as a grass rake and a daisy rake, and has the advantage over the daisy rakes in common use, of being easier cleaned, from the wideness of the interstices between the teeth.— Gard. Mag. TURNERA. El even species. Stove annuals, biennials, and evergreen shrubs. T. trioniflora is an herbaceous perennial; and T. racemosa a hardy an- nual. Seeds, and the shrubby kinds by cuttings. Rich soil. TURNIP. Brassica rapa. "The turnip is a biennial plant, growing in a wild state in some parts of Eng- land, but better known as an inha- bitant of the garden and farm. There are an immense variety: to cultivate all is not so desirable as to plant such as are the more valuable. Those which we deem best for family use are the Early Dutch and Red Top, for au- tumn and early winter supply. The Yellow Aberdeen, Golden Maltese, Ruta Baga (or Swedish), are not so much esteemed in the autumn, but remain firm and solid until late in the spring, (when most other kinds have become pithy,) and are then fine. The Large Globe, and Norfolk Turnip, and the Ruta Baga, are principally cultivated for cattle. " The main sowings of all the kinds recommended for family use, are made in the vicinity of Philadelphia from about the middle of August to the first of September. If sown earlier th
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