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makes a windbreak well 

 worth the trouble. But the 

 more tender species of climb- 

 ing roses should be grown 

 upon pillars, English fashion. 

 These can be snugly strawed 

 up after the fashion of wine 

 bottles, and then a conical 

 cap of the waterproof tar 

 paper used by builders drawn 

 over the whole, the manure 

 being banked up to hold the 

 base firmly in place. With 

 this device it is possible to 

 grow the lovely Gloire de Di- 

 jon, in the open, that fes- 

 toons the eaves of English 

 cottages, but is our despair. 

 Not long ago we invented 

 an inexpensive "pillar" trel- 

 lis for roses and vines which, 

 standing seven feet high and 

 built about a cedar clothes- 

 pole, the end well coated with 

 tar before setting, is both 

 symmetrical and durable, not 



