INTERIOR ARRANGEMENTS. 



Fig. 30. 



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Fig. 31. 



and lighter than wood. Wire is in every way fitter for the 

 purpose than wood, especially for roof trellising. The distance 

 at which the wires should be placed apart depends upon the 

 kind of trees to be trained to them. For grapes, the distance 

 should be 12 or 14 inches ; and for peaches, nectarines, and 

 small-wooded trees, not more than 8 inches. The distance of 

 the wires of the roof trellis from the glass should not be less 

 than one foot for grapes, and for peaches and other similar trees 

 not less than ten inches. In properly constructed houses, there 

 should always be a lower trellis, with the wires placed at double 

 the distance of the others, for training the summer shoots to, to 

 prevent the crowding of the vine branches when the trees are 

 full of fruit, in order that there may not be a confusion of fruit 

 and foliage. Vines, or, indeed, any other kind of fruit trees, 

 should never be nailed to the wood of the house ; but, in all 

 cases, trained at some distance from it, however little room there 

 may be for that purpose. 



2. The interior of the green-house is generally provided with 

 a stage in the centre, and shelves round the sides, on which the 

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