CHAPTER XIX. 



STAKES AND TRELLISES. 



Trellises. This is a subject of no little im 

 portance, not alone because it is a necessity, 

 but also because of its considerable cost, what 

 ever form it may take. Various forms have 

 been proposed and used, few of which need be 

 noticed here, since they are mostly wanting in 

 either durability or convenience. Something 

 &quot; cheap &quot; seems to have been the leading idea 

 in most of the contrivances that have been sug 

 gested ; that is very desirable in itself, but it is 

 not all. &quot;What is wanted is, not something 

 that is cheap as a part, but something that is 

 cheap as a whole. We have seen some con 

 trivances in this way that &quot; ate themselves up&quot; 

 in less than ten years, and a good trellis be 

 sides. 



Where stakes alone are used, there is nothing 

 so good and durable as red cedar and yellow 



