A portable barrel outfit, called a Galloway knapsack used to spray insecticide

Galloway Knapsack

A portable barrel outfit, called a Galloway knapsack used to spray insecticide

A portable barrel outfit, called a Garfield knapsack used to spray insecticide

Garfield Knapsack

A portable barrel outfit, called a Garfield knapsack used to spray insecticide

A portable barrel outfit, called a Deming kerosene emulsion knapsack used to spray insecticide

Deming

A portable barrel outfit, called a Deming kerosene emulsion knapsack used to spray insecticide

A portable barrel outfit, called an Eclipse knapsack used to spray insecticide

Eclipse Knapsack

A portable barrel outfit, called an Eclipse knapsack used to spray insecticide

A portable barrel outfit, called an Excelsior knapsack used to spray insecticide

Excelsior Knapsack

A portable barrel outfit, called an Excelsior knapsack used to spray insecticide

A barrel outfit, called an Empire barrel used to spray insecticide

Empire Barrel

A barrel outfit, called an Empire barrel used to spray insecticide

A barrel outfit, called an Eclipse barrel used to spray insecticide

Eclipse Barrel

A barrel outfit, called an Eclipse barrel used to spray insecticide

A barrel outfit, called a Ponama barrel used to spray insecticide

Ponama Barrel

A barrel outfit, called a Ponama barrel used to spray insecticide

Cyclone and Vermorel nozzles

Nozzles

Cyclone and Vermorel nozzles

A McGowen nozzle

Nozzle

A McGowen nozzle

Lath tree guard

Guard

Lath tree guard

Wire and post tree guard

Guard

Wire and post tree guard

A safe method of hitching a horse to a tree.

Hitching

A safe method of hitching a horse to a tree.

A common stake label

Stake

A common stake label

A type of label for plants.

Zinc Tally

A type of label for plants.

A type of label for plants.

Zinc Tally

A type of label for plants.

A type of label for plants.

Zinc Tally

A type of label for plants.

A type of label for plants.

Zinc Tally

A type of label for plants.

A type of label for plants.

Zinc Tally

A type of label for plants.

A type of label for plants.

Zinc Tally

A type of label for plants.

A nurseryman's wooden label

Label

A nurseryman's wooden label

Cornell tree label

Label

Cornell tree label

Zinc tree label

Label

Zinc tree label

A stem girdled by the label wire

Label

A stem girdled by the label wire

The common or nursery way of planting

Planting

The common or nursery way of planting

The proper or pictorial type of planting

Planting

The proper or pictorial type of planting

A man cultivating

Cultivating

A man cultivating

A boy and a girl are gardening sunflowers.

Gardening

A boy and a girl are gardening sunflowers.

A boy outside with a watering pot.

Boy Watering Flowers

A boy outside with a watering pot.

Pruning in landscaping and gardening is the practice of removing diseased, non-productive, or otherwise unwanted portions from a plant.

Pruning

Pruning in landscaping and gardening is the practice of removing diseased, non-productive, or otherwise…

Comfrey (also comphrey) is an important herb in organic gardening, having many medicinal and fertilizer uses. Comfrey (Symphytum officinale L.) is a perennial herb of the family Boraginaceae with a black, turnip-like root and large, hairy broad leaves that bears small bell-shaped white, cream, purple or pink flowers. It is native to Europe, growing in damp, grassy places, and is widespread throughout the British Isles on river banks and ditches.

Comfrey

Comfrey (also comphrey) is an important herb in organic gardening, having many medicinal and fertilizer…

Comfrey (also comphrey) is an important herb in organic gardening, having many medicinal and fertilizer uses. Comfrey (Symphytum officinale L.) is a perennial herb of the family Boraginaceae with a black, turnip-like root and large, hairy broad leaves that bears small bell-shaped white, cream, purple or pink flowers. It is native to Europe, growing in damp, grassy places, and is widespread throughout the British Isles on river banks and ditches.

Comfrey Flower

Comfrey (also comphrey) is an important herb in organic gardening, having many medicinal and fertilizer…

Comfrey (also comphrey) is an important herb in organic gardening, having many medicinal and fertilizer uses. Comfrey (Symphytum officinale L.) is a perennial herb of the family Boraginaceae with a black, turnip-like root and large, hairy broad leaves that bears small bell-shaped white, cream, purple or pink flowers. It is native to Europe, growing in damp, grassy places, and is widespread throughout the British Isles on river banks and ditches.

Comfrey (Longitudinal Section)

Comfrey (also comphrey) is an important herb in organic gardening, having many medicinal and fertilizer…

Comfrey (also comphrey) is an important herb in organic gardening, having many medicinal and fertilizer uses. Comfrey (Symphytum officinale L.) is a perennial herb of the family Boraginaceae with a black, turnip-like root and large, hairy broad leaves that bears small bell-shaped white, cream, purple or pink flowers. It is native to Europe, growing in damp, grassy places, and is widespread throughout the British Isles on river banks and ditches.

Sepal and Fruit of Comfrey

Comfrey (also comphrey) is an important herb in organic gardening, having many medicinal and fertilizer…

This rake head is an agricultural tool consisting of a toothed bar fixed transversely to a handle, and used to collect leaves, hay, grass, etc..., sometimes used in gardening

Rake Head

This rake head is an agricultural tool consisting of a toothed bar fixed transversely to a handle, and…

A window pot fence.

Window Pot Fence

A window pot fence.

"[Pot covers] will hide the pot and give it a very neat appearance, without inerfering with the side drainage in any way."—Heinrich, 1887

Pot Cover

"[Pot covers] will hide the pot and give it a very neat appearance, without inerfering with the side…

A window shelf for holding plants. They can be used either indoors or outdoors.

Window Shelf

A window shelf for holding plants. They can be used either indoors or outdoors.

A window with a plant-stand and a hanging basket.

Window with Plant-Stand and Hanging Basket

A window with a plant-stand and a hanging basket.

Some tools that are commonly used in gardening.

Set of Garden Implements

Some tools that are commonly used in gardening.

A gardening tool used to assist in weeding.

Excelsior Weeder

A gardening tool used to assist in weeding.

A gardening tool used for digging, smoothing, and otherwise moving around small amounts of soil or dirt.

Trowel

A gardening tool used for digging, smoothing, and otherwise moving around small amounts of soil or dirt.

A gardening tool used for digging or removing earth.

Spade

A gardening tool used for digging or removing earth.

A gardening tool used for lifting and moving loose material.

Shovel

A gardening tool used for lifting and moving loose material.

Carpet bedding is a mode of gardening. The numbers indicate the way different colors should be arranged.

Design for Carpet Bedding

Carpet bedding is a mode of gardening. The numbers indicate the way different colors should be arranged.

Carpet bedding has small plots. These plots are geometrically arranged in multi-colored beds.

Carpet Bedding Design

Carpet bedding has small plots. These plots are geometrically arranged in multi-colored beds.

This illustration represents a border or long piece of ground that can be marked out permanently with tiles, stones, or pebbles and filled in with sand or gravel. Each number represents a type of plant to be grown.

Design for Bedding

This illustration represents a border or long piece of ground that can be marked out permanently with…

This type of bed is effective on grass or gravel. This design is most effecting on sloping ground.

Design for Bedding or Carpet Bedding

This type of bed is effective on grass or gravel. This design is most effecting on sloping ground.

This is a type of bedding design. This is a design for a nursery for rose trees and shrubs.

Arrangement of Nursery for Rose Trees and Shrubs

This is a type of bedding design. This is a design for a nursery for rose trees and shrubs.

This is a type of bedding designed for a nursery for rose trees and shrubs.

Arrangement of Nursery for Rose Trees and Shrubs

This is a type of bedding designed for a nursery for rose trees and shrubs.

In shield-budding the bark should first have two incisions, a length wise incision one inch long, and an incision around the bark (figures a and b). The bud should then be prepared by removing half the leaf.

Shield Budding

In shield-budding the bark should first have two incisions, a length wise incision one inch long, and…

In flute budding a cylinder of bark is removed from the stock, and a piece of twig in a similar size is removed. The cylinder of bark is fitted into place and made airtight.

Flute-Budding

In flute budding a cylinder of bark is removed from the stock, and a piece of twig in a similar size…

A ring of bark is removed in ring budding and replaced with a piece from a larger branch. When replaced the fit must be airtight.

Ring Budding

A ring of bark is removed in ring budding and replaced with a piece from a larger branch. When replaced…

This is a tall briar with three shoots. A shows the shoot slit for the bud. B shows the bud inserted. C shows the bud tied in.

Rose Budding

This is a tall briar with three shoots. A shows the shoot slit for the bud. B shows the bud inserted.…

This is a branch showing buds. The lower buds are the most suitable because they are in firmer wood. The top buds are usually useless.

Branch showing Rose Buds

This is a branch showing buds. The lower buds are the most suitable because they are in firmer wood.…

The left figure shows a bud taken from a budding branch. The right figure shows wood removed from the lower end of a budding branch.

Bud Taken from Rose Budding

The left figure shows a bud taken from a budding branch. The right figure shows wood removed from the…

Some blades, such as the first two, are made with a rounded point to cut the bark without the knife entering the wood underneath. The middle two knives are made with the edge of the knife carrying to a point and are used for ordinary purposes. The last knife has a piece of ivory inserted for opening the bark.

Budding Knives

Some blades, such as the first two, are made with a rounded point to cut the bark without the knife…

Espalier is the term applied to a mode of training fruit trees in the open ground. For a single tree a row of stakes about five feet high driven into the ground, about nine inches apart is the start. Then a narrow strip of wood is laid on the tops of the stakes and a nail is driven into each to hold it firmly.

Fruit-Tree Trained Upright as an Espalier

Espalier is the term applied to a mode of training fruit trees in the open ground. For a single tree…

This type of fork has four flattened prongs. It is ideal for ordinary kitchen garden work, such as lifting potatoes.

Flat-Tined Digging Fork

This type of fork has four flattened prongs. It is ideal for ordinary kitchen garden work, such as lifting…

Frames are portable garden structures useful for large quantities of different subjects that have to be prepared for transplanting outside. The most useful frames are six feet long by four feet wide.

Two-Light Frame

Frames are portable garden structures useful for large quantities of different subjects that have to…