. Dreer's garden calendar for 1863. Seeds Catalogs; Nursery stock Catalogs; Gardening Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Plants, Ornamental Seeds Catalogs. 72 DREER'S GARDEN CALENDAR. HINTS TO GARDENERS. "A Place for every thing, and every thing in its place," is an adage generally more honored in the breach than in the observance; and yet it is one which has a peculiar importance for the Farmer and Horti- culturist. To have the tools belonging to a garden or farm so arranged that the hand can be laid upon them at any moment, is always de- sirable. It saves
. Dreer's garden calendar for 1863. Seeds Catalogs; Nursery stock Catalogs; Gardening Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Plants, Ornamental Seeds Catalogs. 72 DREER'S GARDEN CALENDAR. HINTS TO GARDENERS. "A Place for every thing, and every thing in its place," is an adage generally more honored in the breach than in the observance; and yet it is one which has a peculiar importance for the Farmer and Horti- culturist. To have the tools belonging to a garden or farm so arranged that the hand can be laid upon them at any moment, is always de- sirable. It saves not only time, but it saves vexation, and very fre- quently irreparable loss. We have prepared a diagram, which will explain our meaning more clearly than words. The adoption of such a plan will repay the cost and trouble, ten times over, in the course of a single No. 1, of the diagram, represents the ordinary cast steel Garden Spade. No. 2, a cast steel Shovel, D handled, for taking up rubbish, &c. No. 3, steel Digging Fork, indispensa- ble to every garden. No. 4, steel Manure Fork. No. 5, steel Garden Rake. No. 6, Lawn Rake. No. 7, Turnip, or Onion Hoe. No. 8, cast steel Garden Hoe. No. 9, steel-pronged Hoe. No. 10, Crescent Socket Hoe. No. 11, Scuffle, or Dutch Hoe. No. 12, Garden Trowel. No. 13, steel "Weeding Fork. No. 14, cast steel Grass Edging Knife. No. 15, short-handled Bill, or Briar Hook. No. 16, strong long-handled Pruning Shears. No. 17, Pruning Scissors. No. 18, Hedge or Box Shears. No. 19, Grass Hook. No. 20, Lawn Scythe. No. 21, Garden Reel and Line. No. 22, Pruning Saw. No. 23, Brass Syringe. No. 24, Watering Pot. All these tools should be of the very best quality—the best being the cheapest, always. Our stock of all articles needed for Gardener's use, will be found to be of the most complete character, and of the very best Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for
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