TRELLIS-WORK, WOODEN. 513 TRELLIS-WORK, WOODEN. 



Trellis-work, Wooden. 



This is too well known to require illus- 

 tration, though it is desirable to give some 

 description of it. The simplest kind of 

 support for creepers or plants trained by 

 trellis against the wall of a house consists 

 of vertical uprights from inch to i inch 



BEAD ON OUTSIDE 

 EDGE OF TRELLIS. 



DIAMOND WIRE LATTICE. 



in thickness, and from ij inch to 2 inches 

 broad, according to circumstances, with 

 horizontal bars I inch wide and inch 

 thick, nailed horizontally across them from 

 4 inches to 6 inches apart. The branches 

 of the plants are then tied to the horizontal 

 bars as they grow upwards. If a closer 

 trellis than this be desired, it may be made 

 by attaching vertical uprights to the walls 

 as before, and then nailing thin laths to 

 them diagonally, one set in one direction 

 and the other set that surmounts them in 

 the other direction, the laths crossing each 

 ether at regular intervals so as to form 



a pattern of diamonds, larger or smaller in 

 size, according as the laths are placed 

 further apart from or closer to each other. 

 If it is not considered desirable to attach 

 the trellises directly to the walls in this 

 simple manner, trel- 

 lised frames of the 

 requisite size should be 

 made, which may be 

 fastened to the walls by 

 short wall hooks 

 sparsely used. To im- 

 part neatness to a 

 trellis made on the 

 wall itself in the manner described, a 

 narrow bead should be nailed on the 

 outer vertical uprights, close to the edge, 

 as in the accompanying illustration. It 

 is not possible to enter here more closely 

 into the mysteries of trellis-making, w 7 hich 

 belongs to carpentry rather than to gar- 

 dening, but sufficient has been said to 

 intimate the modus operandi to any ama- 

 teur who may desire to affix such supports 

 to his walls by his own hands without 

 the aid of any professional carpenter. 

 And trellis-work, it may be said, is 

 about one of the most expensive articles 

 in carpentry that a man can indulge 

 in when made by a professional hand, 

 owing to the labour and length of time 

 involved in cutting and planing the laths. 

 Expanding trellis, however, of which the 

 laths are nicely planed, and which will 

 therefore take the paint readily, may now 

 be obtained of most dealers in timber and 

 those who sell garden requisites, at an 

 average price of rather more than 7d. per 

 foot superficial when closed. Rough and 

 unplaned trellis-work may be obtained at 

 lower rates, but there is no economy in 

 buying it, especially if it be intended to 

 paint it, because rough stuff will always 

 absorb, and therefore use up, more paint 

 than wood that has been planed. The 

 following shows the sizes in which this 



