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The appearance of a portion of the front of a house covered with 

 vines is shown in fig. 348, in which there are seven different plants, 

 marked a to g in the figure. The plant a has a long stem, and arms 

 rather shorter than usual for covering a portion of the wall equal to 

 the height of the bed-room windows ; b covers a space equal to the 

 height of the parlour windows ; c covers the space between the parlour 

 and the bed-room windows : it has arms exceeding the usual length, 

 every shoot bearing shoots in the Thornery manner ; d has a very short 



Fig. 348. 



a b c d e f g h i k I 



The front of a plain house, covered with grape vines on the left side, and other 



fruit trees on the right side. 



stem, and long arms, with short bearing shoots, for covering the space 

 between the sill of the parlour windows and the plinth ; e has a stem 

 which reaches above the bed- room windows, with very long arms and 

 short shoots, in the Thomery manner, for covering the space between 

 the bed-room windows and the roof. The other half of the front is 

 shown covered with fruit trees ; h may represent an apple, a cherry, or 

 a plum ; t and jfc, pears ; and / may be the same as h. 



Vines may be planted against houses in the streets, and we see in 

 many villages and country towns, the roots running under the foot 

 pavement, and even under the street, for no fruit tree is less particular 

 in regard to soil, provided that it be on a perfectly dry bottom. Of 



