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beads are perforated at intervals of 

 two inches. To tie in the trees a 

 strip of bass, string, or soft wire is 

 passed through the perforation, and 

 round the branch, and there is an end 

 of the matter. 



Much might be said of the advan- 

 tages to be derived from the use of 

 these bricks. When young hands are 

 put to nailing, especially during cold 



etc., are perishable, and while they 

 last they harbour vermin. How 

 many thousands of clusters of butter- 

 flies' eggs might now be found hidden 

 behind trellises, and under old shreds 

 on fruit walls, were it but possible to 

 make a ddigent search. But trellises 

 are objectionable because when the 

 east winds are blowing in spring, 

 there is always a draught behind 



weather, they bestow much of their 

 strength, and the weight of the 

 hammer, on their own fingers, and 

 the tender bark of the trees. It is 



not good for either fingers or fruit 

 spurs to be tapped in this way. 

 Then all nails, shreds, wires, etc., 



them, and the trees are sometimes 

 worse off than if they had no wall 

 at all. With the Foxley bricks the 

 trees are as well off in respect of 

 warmth as with the old-fashioned 

 nails and shreds, and the bricks 

 themselves cannot possibly suffer by 

 the using. These few remarks will 

 perhaps suffice to induce those who 

 are forming new gardens, or improv- 

 ing old ones, to consider whether this 

 invention has any claim to their 

 attention. It may be well to add 



