26 VINES 
vines on buildings is made by nailing strips 
about one inch square across the wall about six 
inches apart. Cross these at right angles with 
similar strips, like distances apart, and you will 
have an excellent support, especially for twining 
vines; for rank growers of the wistaria type it 
is not so good. 
Strings are often used as a support, and serve 
the purpose for annual vines, although wire is 
much better. But don’t use white string if you 
can get any other colour. 
Of course, when it comes to hiding out- 
buildings, rubbish heaps, and things of that descrip- 
tion, where there must be a space left between the 
object we wish to obscure and the trellis, a dif- 
ferent type of construction is necessary. The 
most common trellis for this work is the slat 
trellis. This is usually made of slats about 
-one inch wide and one quarter inch thick, nailed 
diagonally on a framework sufficiently strong 
to stand the strain of the vines. The slats are 
nailed flat to the framework, leaving the width 
of one slat between every two when nailing 
them on. Get some good posts, put them 
well down into the ground so there is no dan- 
ger of their blowing over, and fasten the frame- 
work to the posts. Leave several inches space 
