. My garden, its plan and culture together with a general description of its geology, botany, and natural history. Gardening. Fig. 45. Fig. 46. â ifiigi Fig. 43. Fig. 44. L Fig. 47. Fig. 48. deal of work with these long spades by using their hands alone, but, as far as I know, this spade is never employed in this country. There is a useful modification of a spade used for laying drain pipes which we employ (fig. 44)- Another tool is used for cutting the edges of grass (fig. 45): for cutting ofif suckers, or digging out long-rooted weeds we have recourse to the spud (fig. 46), and, as a compani
. My garden, its plan and culture together with a general description of its geology, botany, and natural history. Gardening. Fig. 45. Fig. 46. â ifiigi Fig. 43. Fig. 44. L Fig. 47. Fig. 48. deal of work with these long spades by using their hands alone, but, as far as I know, this spade is never employed in this country. There is a useful modification of a spade used for laying drain pipes which we employ (fig. 44)- Another tool is used for cutting the edges of grass (fig. 45): for cutting ofif suckers, or digging out long-rooted weeds we have recourse to the spud (fig. 46), and, as a companion to the spade, the shovel (fig. 47) is useful for the removal of earth loosened by the spade or pickaxe. For digging, the steel four-pronged digging fork (fig. 48) is also used, and smaller forks (fig. 49) are of great value to loosen the earth in our flower borders; in fact no other instrument should ever be used for that purpose. For gravelly soil we employ the pickaxe (fig. 5°), an instrument pointed at one end and sharpened at the other, to cut roots. We also frequently use â the mattock. Fig. 49. Fig. 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 Smee, Alfred, 1818-1877. London, Bell and Daldy
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