Gardener's tools (continued)  Book III, Chapter 19, Section 3b
 



Gardeners shears
  61. He beareth a pair of Gardiners Sheeres. ...
[The second image also appears to show a pair of shears]


Watering pot
 ... and a round bottle like Watering Pott [with] handles.


Watering pot
 62. He beareth a Tin watering pott (or Garden water pott). The use of these are for to water and Moister Herbs, plants, and flower, in the summer tyme, or in the tyme of drought, which other wise would be burnt vp, and destroyd for want of raine.


Gardeners pick or dog pick
 63. He beareth a Gardiners pick (or dog pick, as some call it). This is a pick used to soften the ground where flowers are intended to be set: or else it is used to losen the earth about deep rooted and strong weeds, which being done, the Forked end is strucken deep in the ground each side the root and so drawn or prised vp. There is an other kind of Instrument for this purpose called a Dog, which is sett forth cha: 19. numb. 63.


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64. He beareth a ----


Weeding tongs
 65. He beareth a paire of Weeding Tonges, else a paire of weeding Sheares. These are euer made of wood, and haue broad flat lipps that they may not cut but pull vp any weed it layeth hold on. These are called corn weeding Tonges, as be more peculiarly used therein.
[Identification uncertain]


Orchard ladder and stool
 66. He beareth an Orchard Ladder and Stoole. This is only a devise used by some Master Gardiners and is used for the gathering of such soft and gentle fruits as will not abide shakeing, and likewise for great fruite which in the shakeing is apt to crush, which will soon cause them to putrifie and rott.


Graft in its stock
 67. In this square, is three sorts of engrafted trees, the first haueing a Graft, or Bud, or Cyon, set in the stock of a tree.


Graft in its stock
 The second hath a Graft sprouted out, being Loamed or clayed in the Joyning and bound about with Bass.


Graft in its stock
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The Third hath two Armes on the stock, each grafted and shott with leaves, Loamed and bound with Bass, which two last are very good beareing for Armes. There are seuerall other things used by Masters of Gardens and Orchards which haue formerly bine mentioned in cha: 9 numb 134, 136, and lib: 2 chap. 6 fo: 118 [Here included above as Gardener's implements].


Angled and straight tubes
 [Drawings 67d to 67f are not identifiable with any of the text items but are included among the gardener's tools.]
Two tubes, one with an angled point, possibly for watering.


Dome
 Dome with central hole, possibly a beehive.


Weeder ?
 Pointed implement, possibly for weeding.


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