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particular circumstances of his case ; he will not for- 

 get to allow himself head-room over the path, and 

 that it can never be desirable to have such trellises 

 very deep, on account of the distance to which the 

 lower part of the foliage would be removed from the 

 glass. These circumstances taken into consideration 

 and acted on, hanging trellises may be an improve- 

 ment in the construction of the vinery, and applicable 

 also to the peachhouse, but we consider it very doubt- 

 fid. (Hort. Soc. Trans, vi.) 



Mr. J. Aeon, gardener to the Earl of Surrey, at 

 Worksop Manor, has suggested another mode of trel- 

 lis training, which is superior to the usual mode by 

 not rendering the house dark, by preserving the grapes 

 from the consequences of sudden violent depressions 

 of temperature, and by enabling other trees to be culti- 

 vated against the back wall. Mr. Aeon adopts a wide 

 flat-roofed house, plants the vines within the house at 



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the back and front, trains them on an arched trellis 

 with horizontal wires one foot apart (see above plan), 



