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to the wires with matting, leaving enough of room in 

 the individual ties for the proper development of the 

 branches. Young trees may be grown on for two or 

 three years between the permanent trees for trans- 

 planting elsewhere \vhen space is no longer available 

 between the latter, galvanised driving eyes, 2j inches 

 long, driven ij inch into every other course of 

 bricks at intervals of 3 feet, commencing about 15 

 inches from the ground, the eyes in each succeeding 

 row being arranged anglewise to those in the 

 preceding row in order to give additional and equal 

 strength to every wire constituting the trellis. 



RETARDING THE FLOWERING PERIOD. 



The first week in January all the young branches 

 should have the ties securing them to the wires cut, 

 and be tied loosely together in small bundles and 

 suspended from the wires in such a way as not to 

 be injuriously affected by high winds. In this 

 position they should be allowed to remain until the 

 flower buds show signs of opening, when the shoots 

 must be liberated, and any necessary pruning 

 may be attended to and the trees re-arranged on 

 the trellis or wall, as the case may be. In the 

 case of unwired walls or fences, the nails should 

 be drawn and saved, together with any shreds worth 

 saving, for future use, and the shoots tied together as 

 indicated above, and for the purpose there stated, the 



