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ply of sap to the grapes is too mucli SHEPHERD'S
diininislied, and tlie parts which thus Thnpsus.
CLUB. Verbascum
fail of support immediately begin to SIIIFTINC. See Potting and Onedecay;
this is an effect always the con- shift System.
sequence of a diminished supply of sap, SHREDS for fastening trees to walls
apparent either in the leaves, flower, are best made of the list or selvage torn
or fruit. The disease, like every other from black or blue cloth, and maybe
putrefaction, does not advance rapidly obtained of any tailor. The smallest
unless there be much moisture in the possible number of shreds, and the naratmosphere.
Shanking never appears rowest consistent with strength should
in the grape if the roots of the vine are be employed ; for wherever the shred
within the house. Shanking in the envelops the branch, the wood beneath
cabbage arises from a very different is never so well ripened as those parts
cause, viz., the freezing of the stalk of exposed to the light and air, which are
thecabbage just where it comes in con- so essential to enable the bark to astact
with the soil. The best preventive similate and separate from the sap those
is dressing the soil with salt, about five secretions which are required for the
bushels per acre, late in the autumn
SHARP CEDAR. Acacia oxycedrus
and Juniperus oxycedrus.
SHEARS are of various kinds, differing
in form according to the purpose
for which they are intended. Hedgeshears
for clipping hedges are the most
common.
Sliding Pruning Shears with a moveable
centre so as to make a drawing
cut when used as when the pruning
knife is employed. See Averruncator
SHEPHERD! A
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next year's growth. Shreds should
always be long enough to permit the
ends to be doubled over, so that the
nail may pass through four thicknesses
of the cloth, otherwise theylook ragged
and are liable to tear away from the
nail. If old shreds are re-used, they
should be previously boiled for a few
minutes to destroy any insect-eggs, or
larvae thev may contain.
SHRIVELLING of the berries of the
!
grape in stoves arises from the roots of
Fig. 156.
The drawing shows the t'le vine not supplying a sufficiency of
smaller size, used with one sap. This occurs if the roots are in a
hand. See Scissors. The cold heavy soil, or are vegetating in an
large size, which has wood outside border, the temperature of
handles, will, when em- which is too low compared with that of
ployed with both hands, the stove. In the first case, thorough
cut through a bough full
three inches in circum
draining and the incorporation
careous rubbish ; and in the
of cal-
second
ference, with the greatest case, protection to the border and stem.
ease.
Verge Shears are merely
will remove the evil.
SHRUBBERY is a garden, or portion
the hedge shears set near- of a garden, devoted to the cultivation
ly at a right angle on long
handles tor the conveni-
of shrubs. It is not necessary, as Mr.
Glenny observes, " That there sliould
ence of the gardener in be any flowers or borders to constitute
clipping the sides of box a shrubbery, but there should be great
edging, and the verge of taste in forming clumps, and grouping
grass plots.
Turf Shears are set also at an angle,
the various foliages and stylesof growth.
The groundwork in such a garden con-
but in a different direction for cutting sists of gravel walks and lawn. If flow-
the tops of edgings, and grass growing ers be intermixed, or, which is very
in corners unapproachable by the scythe. generally adopte