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weather while the trees are in bloom ; but in cold, 

 sharp, windy weather in the blossoming season they 

 should be kept down, and fastened to the upright 

 stakes by tying or otherwise. 



A tiffany -house twenty-four feet long and eight feet 

 wide will thus shelter twenty-four trees, either bushes 

 or pyramids ; if for the latter, the sides of the house 

 should be four feet, and its centre seven to eight feet 

 in height. If it be thought desirable to keep the 

 trees in a comparatively small space, they may be re- 

 moved biennially in October. If larger trees are 

 desired, the house may be enlarged as the trees grow. 

 A tiffany-house may be from one to 500 feet in length, 

 and twenty in width if desirable, for there are no par- 

 ticular limits to its extent, only the effects of a " March 

 wind" must be thought about when lofty and exten- 

 sive houses are put up. As measures of economy, the 

 timber and tiffany should be placed in a dry place 

 when removed, and the rafters fastened to the plate 

 and ridge board with screws. A tiffany-house thus 

 treated "kindly and gently" will last for several 

 years ; and in places where the climate is sufficiently 

 warm to ripen apricots, plums, pears, cherries, and 

 even early peaches, in the open air, they will, I have 

 no doubt, be extensively employed. 



PEAK TKEES ON THE QUINCE STOCK TRAINED AS UPRIGHT 

 CORDONS. 



The French gardeners employ the term cordon for 

 the branch of a fruit tree on which the shoots have 

 been pinched in so as to form a succession of blossom- 

 buds. The term, as used by them, is expressive, and 



