CHAPTER VIII. 



DISTANCES AND TBELLISES. 



fTlHE mode of proceeding will vary essentially, to ac- 

 -*~ cord with the different kinds of training. If it is 

 decided to adopt the spiral coil, the plan involves large 

 and high posts ; and these must therefore be planted deep 

 in the ground. It will be necessary to do such deep dig- 

 ging before the vine is planted. In order to do the work 

 systematically, so that the posts may range in every direc- 

 tion, the distances should be determined, and the land 

 laid out in squares. For this mode, I think, as an average 

 rule, the Jewish sacred number seven may be applied. 

 The posts may stand seven feet apart each way, and seven 

 feet out of ground. Perhaps the height is stretched a 

 foot for the sake of uniformity ; and it would undoubt- 



