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bowers of leaves; not buried, but visible and 

 well exposed to the sun's rays. 



I do not remember seeing any trees trained 

 exactly in this fashion, and as to the combination 

 of culture, under glass, with the great advan- 

 tages to be gained by this particular Cordon, it 

 is this which has chiefly induced me to publish 

 the results at all. By this excellent, but too 

 little known method, the most splendid crops 

 can be grown, and it is not too much to anti- 

 cipate the time when every back wall of an 

 Orchard-house, or of a forcing Nectarine-house, 

 will have its Diagonal Cordon on three leaders. 

 One will not do ; two are only rather better, but 

 with three success is certain. More than three 

 would take too long a period to cover the wall, 

 by extending the four years necessary with three 

 leaders, to five or six years, in which case little 

 time is saved. Neither can a Cordon on other 

 principles than closely spurring-in be very suc- 

 cessful. At any rate it is far inferior in every 

 way and unworthy of competing with the one 

 now described, especially in the quantity of fruit 

 obtained. 



I can cordially recommend this kind of Cordon 

 to amateurs, having had the greatest success 

 with it of any. It will not suit span-roofed 

 Houses, which have, of course, no back walls. 



But lean-to houses are far warmer. Perhaps 

 a union of the two would be useful. Span- 



