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admirably adapted for Gompholobium, 

 Tropceolum tricolor, and other plants 

 possessed of scanty foliage, whose 

 branches require to be closely trained 

 to produce a good effect. 



"The following cut will show the 

 manner in which the wire-trellis for 

 climbing plants, is attached to the pots, 

 a matter of great importance, and of 

 •which the separate plans that have 

 been proposed, and some of which are 

 published, convey an incorrect idea. 



Fig. 170. 



" It will be seen that a strong wire 

 ring is carried round the pot, a little 

 above its bottom. To this a sufficient 

 number of upright wires are attached 

 all round. The upright wires are 

 pressed down upon the surface of the 

 pot, till they reach the rim, over which 

 they are firmly bent till they reach the 

 highest point of the rim, or are even 

 bent a little within it. At this point 

 they are secured by a second ring of 

 stout wire, adjusted as in the drawing, 

 vhich having been done, the uprights 

 are directed upwards, and fashioned 

 into the pattern required. By these 

 means, a sort of collar is formed upon 

 the rim of the pot, >vhich prevents the 

 trellis from slipping downwards, while 

 at the same .time, the lowest ring of 

 ■wire keeps it from swinging and sway- 

 ing backwards and forwards." — Gard. 

 Chron. 



Umbrella Trellis is a form excellently 

 adapted for Wisteria sinensis, and other 

 climbers or shrubs having long racemes 

 of flowers. The following (Fig. 171) is 

 its form. 



Hothouse Trellis for training vines 

 near the glass, is usually made of thin 

 rods of deal or of iron, placed about a 

 foot apart, and fastened to the frame- 

 work of the building. Mr. Long, Beau- 



fort Place, Chelsea, has invented a 

 movable wire trellis, by which the vines 

 may be lowered from the roof, or placed 

 at any angle, without injuring the vines. 

 This is an excellent mode of removing 

 them from the influence of extreme ex- 

 terior heat or cold. A still further im- 

 provement would be to have the verti- 

 cal rods movable round the rod horizon- 

 tally fixed to the rafter or roof, for then 

 the whole trellis might be raised to an 

 angle with, or even close to the glass, 

 whenever sun to the vine upon the trel- 

 lis, or shade to the plants within the 

 house was desirable. 



Trellis for JValks.—The following 

 observations made by Mr. Loudon, 

 when criticising the gardens of Lord 

 Selsey, at VVestdean, comprise all that 

 need be said upon this kind of struc- 

 ture. 



" Among the contrivances adopted 

 for giving interest to the walks, and to 

 separate one scene from another, are 

 portions of walk covered with arched 

 trellis work. One of these is grown 

 over with climbing roses ; another with 

 laburnums, which in the flowering sea- 

 son has a remarkably fine aspect, few 

 colours looking so well in the shade as 

 yellow, because, with the exception of 

 white, none suffer so little from the ab- 

 sence of light. This laburnum trellis 

 has a new feature, that of a table bor- 

 der of trellis work intended to be co- 

 vered with ivy; we have no doubt its 

 effects will be good, especially in win- 

 ter. We must remark some circuni- 

 I stances in the construction of garden 



