THE GARDEN WEEK BY WEEK 



Jan. have about another foot run, and seven feet will do very 

 ^""3^ well, although another eighteen inches would be an 

 advantage in rich soil. 



With less wire we can do with few supports, because 

 there is not so great a weight of metal, and so we reduce 

 the cost in both directions. 



Some readers may be glad to have an idea of the cost 

 of metal supports. First of all, two straining posts are 

 required for each complete length. Strainers six feet 

 high, and galvanised, may be expected to cost from 



sixteen to eighteen shil- 

 lings each. Intermedi- 

 ate galvanised standards 

 with double pronged 

 feet, the same height, 

 will probably cost be- 

 tween three and four 

 shillings each. Raidis- 

 FiG. 24.— Espalier (Wire) for Training seurs for tightening up 



OTHER THAN CORDON TREES. +1 ^ „,:..^ „,;n ., ^+ U^ 



<.. The end post. ^. Intermediate posts. ^^6 Wire Will nOt be 



c. Angle iron stay rod. dear at four shillings 3. 



d. Flat iron plate at base of post. ^ 



e. A similar one at base of stay. The iron doZCn, Or the keyS for 

 plates keep the posts firm. • j • x r 



Winding at fourpence 



each. There only remains the cost of the wire, and No. 

 13 gauge galvanised wire will cost about two shillings per 

 hundred yards. But 7-ply strand wire is preferable, and 

 if only three or four lengths are being used, it will be 

 worth while to go to the little extra cost for it. It is sold 

 by the hundredweight, and the length varies with the 

 gauge ; No. 6 gauge, 481 yards to the hundredweight, will 

 cost about a guinea. 



If wooden supports are being used instead of metal 

 ones, raidisseurs and key will not be needed, but merely 

 staples, and these only cost about sevenpence per 

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