. My garden, its plan and culture together with a general description of its geology, botany, and natural history. Gardening. GARDEN TOOLS. 59 a barrow is indispensable, and we find the common wooden form is the best (fig. 54). For carrying our plants or fruit a hand-barrow (fig- 5S) is used, carried by two men, and it is pleasant to see the joy of the children when it arrives laden with strawberries and the other fruits of the season for the dinner-table. Our large pots are carried by a chain placed round the pot and attached to a pole over the shoulders of the men. As we have the advantage o
. My garden, its plan and culture together with a general description of its geology, botany, and natural history. Gardening. GARDEN TOOLS. 59 a barrow is indispensable, and we find the common wooden form is the best (fig. 54). For carrying our plants or fruit a hand-barrow (fig- 5S) is used, carried by two men, and it is pleasant to see the joy of the children when it arrives laden with strawberries and the other fruits of the season for the dinner-table. Our large pots are carried by a chain placed round the pot and attached to a pole over the shoulders of the men. As we have the advantage of a lake, a punt is used to transport manure or plants from one part of the garden to another. In my garden, where robust forest trees are intermingled with slender shrubs and tender plants, a variety of cutting instruments Fig. Fig. s9- Fig. 57- Fig. 58. must necessarily be used. For cutting down trees the axe (fig. 56) is the chief instrument, and it is remarkable howa tree of a hundred years' growth yields to a few strokes of the woodman's axe, when properly wielded. In private grounds the cross-cut saw takes its place ; but we have neither necessity nor desire for the frequent use of these implements. For the removal of the large branches we use chiefly a pruning saw; for the removal of the smaller a chopper or bill-hook is more handy (fig. 57); whilst for the pruning of mere shoots the gar- dener always cuts with a pruning-knife (fig. 58). The various forms of pruning shears are not approved, as they bruise the wood when unskil- fully handled, and in this respect are inferior to a sharp knife ; although garden shears (fig. 59) are almost constantly used for 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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