':26 IJmmmtJm'^immmwiiigJrmmffrmumg, o»- imituMg, 



If yau coiK«ive these remarks worthy a place in your 

 M;»puine, 1 sh*li be baj^py to give you ixvAsionally. as my 

 ti«>e permits, jui accouui of any thiiuj remarkable in severs! 

 extejisive dejiiesnes in this ueiirhbi-kurhixxi. 

 1 am. Sir, ^c. 



Andrew Johnston. 



Akt. V. i>r!$rry«iMM ^f'o LmdAr ^^ tic Purposes t^' paAerijt<f 

 jFrnk,j^rwm^ «r f^wwi'm TVves. 'A«v By Mr. Matthias Saul. 



1 SEND yon an accoimt and a sketch of a machine ^,;S^. -k), 

 which \»-ill be serviceable to ganleners for a variety of pur- 



}x»ses, such as gathering fruit 

 from trees, and also tor pruning 

 and training. It stands free 

 of the tree, in which quality it 

 has a great advantaije over the 

 common ladder ; and it is easily 

 b;;— — movevl to reach any pan of 



%^ ihe tree. 



'^^ The length erf" the diree tip- 



iTghts may be as circumstances 



, _ ^=1 require, so as to suit the walls 



/T - -— ? -^..^^ s=, and fiaiit trees of any particular 



" ^^t= ffarden. There are two mova- 



^^ ble boards about 1:2 in. broad, 



_ V^ supported either by iron or 



/ by oak pins, so that they can 



.--■" be moved to any height. If 



" "'*" the pins are of oak, diey are 



made like brackets (<^) ; if of iron, they are made of f-round 



rod ircm. One of the uprights is tiimisbed with pins, both 



along its fivmt and edge, as seen in the sketch: so that a 



l^erson may ascend with as much ease as up a ladder. 



By this plan, two or three persons may be at «ork at the 

 same time. 



The iqxright r must be loi^^ess, for it thai will sex a and b 

 more ereci. which wUl be an adrantage in training wall trees. 

 A pulley may be fixed in the upright c, so that the finiit 

 basket, ^c may be let down by a itspe, when employed in 

 taking fruit from laipe standards. The three uprights art 

 secared by an irao bolt, which passes dirou^ them at their 



