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shade a covered piazza, where the edge of the roof 
would furnish a good support for the frame. The 
size of the space covered would be limited only 
by the dimensions of a trellis that could be con- 
veniently handled. I can conceive of a frame 
made in sections, each about ten feet square. 
This would permit of each unit being made of 
five ten-foot pieces of piping (one to reinforce 
the middle of the frame), and covered by two 
widths of five-foot chicken wire. 
The most common method of supporting 
vines on buildings is that of stretching poultry 
wire where you desire the vines to grow. The 
vines will grow in and out through the meshes 
of the wire and thus support themselves. Get 
the finest wire you can and let the plant you are 
going to grow govern the size of the mesh. The 
worst mistake is to get the mesh too small, 
because, as the vine grows, the main stem, of 
course, expands and there is danger of cutting it 
if the mesh of the wire is too small. The idea 
of the small, fine wire is for appearance. Fine 
wire is plenty strong enough to support the 
plant and does not look so clumsy and awkward; 
in fact, it should be hardly noticeable, even when 
the plants are dormant. 
Another type of support for the growing of 
