TRELLIS-WORK, WIRE. 



TRELLIS-WORK, WIRE. 



wall is limited, only a small number of 

 varieties can be planted by the ordinary 

 iiethod of growing large trees, while the 

 method now described allows of a consider- 

 able number of varieties being planted, 

 their fruit ripening throughout the season." 

 Cordon System, Oblique, Corners in. It 

 will have struck the thoughtful reader that 

 if a wall be covered with a row of oblique 

 cordons, there will be a triangular space, 

 extending to the upper corner of one end 

 of the wall and the lower corner of the 

 other, which will be uncovered. It may 

 be filled by working the first and the last 

 trees of the series in the manner shown in 

 the accompanying illustration. From the 

 base of the last tree to the 

 right, a shoot, A, is allowed to 

 grow, and is carried up at an 

 angle of 45 parallel to the 

 principal branch or stem : from 

 the bend of A, a shoot, B, is 

 trained in the same manner ; a 

 third shoot, C, from the bend of 

 B ; and so on until the terminal 

 D, completes the series, and 

 covers the remainder of the 

 right-hand lower corner of the 

 wall. The same process is 

 followed with regard to the first 

 tree on the left, but in this case 

 the shoot A is led from the upper side of the 

 cordon instead of the lower side, as in the 

 tree to the right. From the bend of A, 

 which is turned into a direction parallel 

 with the cordon, a second shoot, B, is led, 

 and from the bend of this a third shoot, C, 

 and so on until the terminal shoot, D, com- 

 pletes the series. 



Trellis-work, Wire Lattice. 



There are many, perhaps, who will prefer 



be best understood from the accompanying 

 representation of it which clearly exhibits 

 its formation. As it is generally required 

 to cover spaces of certain dimensions, it is 

 made to order in pieces of any size that may 

 be required. When the pieces contain four 

 square feet superficial measurement, or 

 more than this, they are charged according 

 to measurement at per square foot ; but 

 when the pieces do not contain four square 

 feet, they are charged for by the piece. 

 The following table exhibits the prices per 

 square foot for this kind of lattice, made in 

 different gauges of wire and in different 

 sizes of mesh, from \ inch to 6 inches. 

 The size of the mesh is according to th<; 



TREATMENT OF FIRST AND LAST TREES IN ROW OF 

 OBLIQUE CORDONS. 



measurement across the diamond hori- 

 zontally, and not according to the longer 

 or vertical measurement. This should be 

 remembered in ordering wire lattice, which 

 will be found of special service for training 

 climbing roses, vines, and any kind of 

 climber that requires support of this kind. 

 The chief advantage in wire lattice trellis- 

 work over wooden trellis-work are found in 

 its greater durability and, as it has been 

 already said, in its lightness of appearance. 



wire trellis or lattice for training climbers j With regard to prices, there may be a slight 

 to wooden trellis-work, because it is more \ difference made by different makers, but 

 easily removed, and presents a lighter the following may be taken as the approxi- 

 appearance- The nature of this lattice may mate prices at which it is supplied ; 



