. An encyclopædia of gardening; comprising the theory and practice of horticulture, floriculture, arboriculture, and landscape-gardening, including all the latest improvements; a general history of gardening in all countries; and a statistical view of its present state, with suggestions for its future progress, in the British Isles. Gardening. 1359. Tlie climbing-spur {Jig. 153.) is of two sorts, one with, and the other without a stem. The first sort (a) is fastened to the upper part of the leg with a leather belt (b) ; the other sort (c) is tied to the feet. By means of these spurs, one on ea
. An encyclopædia of gardening; comprising the theory and practice of horticulture, floriculture, arboriculture, and landscape-gardening, including all the latest improvements; a general history of gardening in all countries; and a statistical view of its present state, with suggestions for its future progress, in the British Isles. Gardening. 1359. Tlie climbing-spur {Jig. 153.) is of two sorts, one with, and the other without a stem. The first sort (a) is fastened to the upper part of the leg with a leather belt (b) ; the other sort (c) is tied to the feet. By means of these spurs, one on each foot, naked-stemmed trees may be ascended to any height, and when it is wished to stop a short time at any part, the screw of the ring {d) is entered in the trunk, and forms a firm point for one foot. {Lasteyrie, Coll. de Machines, &c.) 1360. The essential operative instruments are the knife, saw, shears, scythe, and hammer. Subsect. 2. Instruments of Direction. 1361. The common characteristic of directive or preparatory instruments is, that they are used in actions preparatory to operations, rather than in operations themselves, and depend on scientific knowledge more than on practical dexterity; this remark will apply also to their construction, which is founded on the doctrines of quantities, gravitation, &c. 1362. Tlie garden-line is composed of three parts, the frame, generally of iron, the cord which is wound upon the frame, and the pin which terminates the cord. The common use of the line is perfectly understood from the name ; though generally used for straight lines, yet it is also applied, by means of pegs or small stakes, to form curved lines. 1363. The ground-measure. Of this there are at least three sorts used in gardening. A Gunter's chain of 100 links, or 66 feet, a rod of one twelfth, or any equal part of the chain, marked with links on one side, and feet on the other, and a common pocket-rule. To these may be added a pocket measuring-line, though it
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