204 ORKAMENTAL GARDEIS'^IKG. 



upper and lower lines of the space to be covered, and 

 then running wire between them, top and bottom ob- 

 liquely to form diamond shaped interstices. Where they 

 strike the posts, eyes must be put in to fasten the wires, 

 they may then be bound together at points of crossing, 

 strengthening the whole. A rather better contrivance 

 with the wires crimped to prevent them slipping w^here 

 crossed and the ends attached to a frame work of iron 

 rod, shaped to fit the space, may with some increased ex- 

 pense be purchased of wire workers. 



Screens to serve as fences may be made in a similar 

 way, by running the wires from top to bottom rails sup- 

 ported by posts. These made to take the place of fences 

 or hedges, around divisions of the garden, prove very at- 

 tractive when covered with vines. 



Figure 45 shows a screen of this character with an 



^(<^^^!^^^. archway carried over the walk, 



^^SiJw^^^^ and all covered wdth one or 



•^p^v4Cg^q^^^^^^ two climbers. For such pur- 



Mp^l^^^^^J'f •^' P^^^^ nothing can be superior 



;^^^^^^^^^^ to that valuable and common 



.^^^^ ^^ ^^S^' climber, the Virginia Creeper. 



Fig. 45.-SCREEN OF VINES, ^or thc sakc of variety, how- 



wiTH ABCHWAY. cvcT, tlic Flowcriug Houcy- 



suckles. Clematis, Wistaria, or others may also be used. 



A use to which climbers may be put in many gardens 

 is represented by figure 46. Light posts of any hight, 

 from eighteen inches upwards, may be set in line and 

 connected by a wire running from one to another 

 through the posts near the top. By keeping up a nar- 

 row border on the line of the posts, and phmting a climb- 

 er at each, the whole structure will become beautifully 

 covered in time. A line of this kind at the edge of a 

 terrace in place of a balustrade, proves pleasing and in- 

 expensive. 



A dead tree trunk, an oak post ten or twelve feet high, 



