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one twelve, another fifteen, and the third eighteen or 

 twenty inches in diameter, and attaching them a foot from 

 each other to three stakes about four feet in length, placing 

 the lower hoop so that it may be about ten inches from the 

 surface of the ground after the stakes are driven. The fig- 

 ure on the preceding page illustrates this method of training. 

 It secures abundance of light, free access of air, and, in skil- 

 ful hands, may be made quite ornamental. 



Trellis-training. 



Or a trellis may be cheaply formed by setting common 

 stakes, four feet in length, four feet apart, on a line with the 

 plants, and nailing laths, or narrow strips of deal, from stake 

 to stake, nine inches apart on the stakes, afterwards attach- 

 ing the plants by means of bass, or other soft, fibrous mate- 

 rial, to the trellis, in the manner of grape-vines or other 

 climbing plants. By either of these methods, the plants not 



