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course the bearing arms of vines grown in streets should be at such a 

 height from the ground as to be out of the reach of mischievous persons. 

 The walls and roof of a cottage of the most irregular architecture 

 may be covered with vines or fruit trees on the same principle as we 

 have just exhibited on the front of a plain house. In the perspective 

 view, fig. 349, thirty-five plants are shown, with stems and arms so 



Fig. 349. 



c d e a c b b a d e 



Two sides of a cottage, covered with vines, trained in Mr. Hoare's manner. 



adjusted as to cover two sides of the building. To avoid confusion, 

 only the stems and arms are shown, and the position of the spurs whence 

 the bearing wood is produced. 



It will be observed that the stems a, a, are long for the purpose of 

 covering the upper part of the roof; and , &, for covering the upper 

 part of the gable; c, c, are for covering the lower part of the roof; 

 d, d, the upper part of the wall ; and e, e, the lower part. The other 

 stems speak for themselves. 



CHAPTER XV. 

 THE PEACH, NECTARINE, ETC. 



Culture of the Peach and Nectarine under Glass. 



THE peach (Amygdalus persica, L.) is indigenous in Persia, where it 

 attains a high degree of perfection, and where, Dr. Royle informs us, 

 both the free and cling-stone varieties are known. It is also found 

 in various parts of Turkey in Asia, in India in different parts of the 



