Show w 1 1 a I 1 A THE POT DIBBLE A faful 11 I 1 anal for ciot in surn incerto ducr to from aneti a the pot dibble 0 of kiich it ich lit in ill illustration list ill ion is here reproduced froin popular lir gardening is 13 used in ii rio ring cots in ili summer mer in the line of if flowering flow erins ail ints tg rry runners etc alio claimed tor for it is the lei ici neily reily it iro idea against a linit anglo borin worin entering tho the pots froni the drainage bolo below a cuir t that will be highly appreciated by all who know how troublesome 1 hebo worms usually lire are in plunged pot 7 in the drawing A shows tile tho tool as is turned by it CA W lie tinak pir from a block of majda wood six eix ei x inches square and twenty two inches long although with confide able caro care ono one coull could be shaved down with a 1 dravo donw knife tho the r roun 1 it is the better will it be suited to its purpose tile the tool is completed by the lie addition of a handle ni ag shown wid tins this might bu be made aiom an old spade eila 1 16 1 1 vr 1 t az 11 X I 1 INA k A ron POTS figure B shows the use of llie 1110 tool in in tile fie case 10 of it ii geranium pot plunged in SIL tile the pot in this instance baj of f i il houst kize aze that required tile the dibble to be thrust into tile the llull plunging 1116 suil to its entire length in putting tho pot down it sh aid be pressed in ili rather firmly de sides getting tile the best of angle worms two oilier important gains lie aie sl secure cured il u nj niely tile pot is afforded perfect drainage drai nago and tile the trouble of rou ro thi through ough the drain hole of ilia I 1 pot of ill id overcome ri figure aire C represents represent the uso use of the dib lie file for 1 binalver bin bru aller sized pot coming torii toa point as it does tile the tool can call be used for pots of the smallest bize quite its is ret readill dily as for baiger ones in getting really for PI nging pots blots by this thil means the soil oil beoula first lie bo worked over to a ach depth alth emiil tl to the length of the dibble otherwise it will be difficult to thrust it into tile earth in pressing it down the ilia weight of the body may bo be applied through the foot placed on top of tile the dibble ahk tool alo al o comes into play at times in ili transplanting small shrubs villes vine situ ete |