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able at all the good seed-shops and ironmongers. These nails are 

 driven in at suitable distances, and the wires passed through them 

 to form the trellis. The climbers are tied to the wires by strips of 

 bass or the soft lead wire manufactured for the purpose. If a wall 

 is well wired in the first instance, there need not be another nail 

 driven or drawn during the whole of a lifetime. When we have had 

 to cover fiat painted wood-work with vegetation, we have obtained 

 large " pea risels," which are simply wire hurdles strongly made, 

 and fixing these firmly, have extemporized a good and lasting trellis 

 at the most trifling cost, and with the least imaginable trouble. The 

 figures adjoined are intended simply as suggestions of trellises 

 for the rosary, or to serve as screens, or even to facilitate the play- 



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in"- of games on a suitable plot of grass. They offer at least two 

 advantages to the owner of a country garden, that the villager 

 would have no difficulty in constructing either of them, and that in 

 many instances materials for the purpose might be found wholly or 

 in part in the rubbish yard. 



The best " leading article " for all such work is unbarked larch, 

 but that is by no means essential, for the clearings of the garden 

 will ofttimes afford capital timber, and apple, pear, and plum, last 

 long if sound, and answer admirably for rustic-work. 



It is advisable to char and pitch the ends of posts that are to be 

 planted in the ground, to prevent rotting. All wire-work employed 

 should be stout, and instead of galvanized wire, which is so much 

 employed, we should always prefer for home-made work common 

 number one iron wire, and keep it always well painted, especially 

 where joined or twisted, to prevent rust. There is some wear and 

 tear in work well done with such wire as this, and the cost will not 

 exceed that of a lighter material in galvanized wire. 



November. 



