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Iron Stakes for Bose Plants, Sfc, 



The seed may be expeditiously covered by using the tool 

 with the points upwards. 



I remain, Sir, &c. 

 Catsfield Rectory, Sussex, April 5. 1830. A. H. 



Art. VIII. /rin Stakes, adapted for supporting Rose Plants, Sfc. 

 By Mr. J. Hislop. 

 Sir, 

 I HEREWITH send you a sketch {Jigs. 49, 50.) of a very 

 useful sort of articles, which from their utility 

 (to say nothing of economy) deserve to be 

 more generally known ; I mean, iron stakes 

 for tall plants. No gardener, I am persuaded, 

 requires any argument to convince him of their 

 great superiority to wood : from experience I 

 find them paiticularly well adapted for stand- 

 ard roses, and all the tribe of tall-growing 

 new fuchsias, georginas, or in fact any tall 

 plant that requires protection against high 

 winds. 



I have often felt the ill effects of trust- 

 ing to wooden stakes. When the wood gets 

 partially decayed, and a sudden high wind 

 comes on, both plant and stake go to the 

 ground, and leave one only to regret it was 

 not staked with iron. So much for utility. In 

 an ornamental garden it will readily be granted 

 that sightliness is of some consequence, and 

 many a beautiful plant has to submit to be 

 tied to a supporter which is a foil to its beau- 

 ties and an eyesore to both owner and culti- 

 vator. The iron stake brought into more 

 extensive use will obviate these objections. 



I must deprecate the wrath of every angry 

 critic, if I mention that these stakes are 

 manufactured in great numbers by Messrs. 

 Cottam and Hallen, Winsley Street : — cast- 

 iron, from 4 to 7 ft., 135. to 255. per dozen; 

 wrought iron, 2 to 6ift., 5s. to 105. 6c?. per 

 dozen. 



I am, Sir, yours, &c. 

 50 1 J. Hislop. 



Ashtead Park, Nov. 16. 1830. 



