ON THE DRAPERY OF COTTAGES AND GARDENS, 



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Fig. 41. — Climbing Plants on Cedar Trunks- 



sliort, 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 we 

 think of it, that ingenious and clever horti- 

 ctflteur, Monsieur Van Houtte, of Ghent, 

 has contrived the very thing for you.* Here 

 it is. He calls it a " Trellis Mobile ;" and 

 if we mistake not, it will be quite as valua- 

 ble for the ornament and defence of cities, 



* Flore des Strret. 





Fig. 42.~MoveabU Trellis. 



as the Garde Mobile of the Parisians, 



It 



is nothing more than a good strong wooden 

 box, upon wooden rollers. The box is 

 about three feet long, and the double trel- 

 lis may be eight or ten feet high. In this 

 box the finer sorts of exotic climbers, such 

 as Passion Flowers, Everblooming Roses, 

 Maurandias, 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, " wherever 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 

 about out-door drapery, we leave you to 

 examine the Trellis Mobile, and wish you 

 a good morning. 



