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the side branches to within two feet of the trunk (and still shorter 

 near the top), and setting it again, as you would a post, two or 

 three feet deep in the ground. 



Cedar is the best, partly because it will last for ever, and partly 

 because the regular disposition of its branches forms naturally a 

 fine trellis for the shoots to fasten upon. Plant your favourite 

 climber, whether Rose, Wistaria, or Honeysuckle, at the foot of 

 this tree. It will soon cover it, from top to bottom, with the finest 

 pyramid of verdure. The young shoots will ramble out on its side 

 branches, and when in full bloom wall hang most gracefully or pic- 

 turesquely from the ends. 



" But what shall those of us do w^ho have neither cottages nor 

 gardens } — who, in short, are confined to a little front and back yard 

 of a town life, and yet who love Vines and climbing plants with all 

 our hearts }" 



That is a hard case, truly. But, 

 now w^e think of it, that ingenious 

 and clever horticidteur. Monsieur 

 Van Houtte, of Ghent, has con- 

 trived the very thing for you.* 

 Here it is. He calls it a Trellis 

 mobile ; and if we mistake not, it 

 will be quite as valuable for the 

 ornament and defence of cities, as 

 the garde mobile of the Parisians. 

 It is nothing more than a good 

 strong wooden box, upon wooden 

 rollers. The box is about 3 feet 

 long, and the double trellis may be 

 8 or 10 feet high. In this box the 

 finer sorts of exotic climbers, such 

 as Passion Flowers, Everblooming 

 Roses, Maurandyas, Ipomea Learii, 

 and the like, may be grown with a 

 charming effect. Put upon wheels, 

 as this itinerant bower is, it 

 may be transported, as Mr. 

 Van Houtte says, " wher- 

 ever fancy dictates, and even 

 into the apartments of the 

 house itself." 



And here, having fairly escorted you back to your apartments, 

 after our long talk al)out out-door drapery, we leave you to ex- 

 amine the Trellis mobile, and wish you a good morning. 



* Flore ties Serres. 



