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the first wire being eight inches from the building, and 

 the second one sixteen inches. The fruiting-shoots will 

 be led from the building, and tied down to the wires. 

 Though the branches will project from eight to sixteen 

 inches beyond the outer wire, yet in this position, with 

 the weight downwards, they will be much less liable to 

 injury than if the same distance were exposed on the 

 top of an open perpendicular trellis. The appearance of 

 a vine so trained to the side of a building would be like a 

 series of shelves ; the fruit hanging in beautiful exposure 

 underneath each shelf. As I am not aware that grapes 

 have been grown in this form, I cannot advise from ex- 

 perience as to the distance between the shelves. Of 

 course, this will depend materially upon the length to 

 which the branches are allowed to grow. As a general 

 rule, I should judge that a distance of at least three feet 

 would be required to clear the overhanging shade ; and, 

 in some cases, it would be desirable to increase the dis- 

 tance to four feet. The arms on the side of a building 

 being elevated and more exposed to cold currents of air, 

 it will be best to have a wide projection of cornice, or of 

 the eaves, above the upper arm, extending as far out as the 

 length of the branches, both' for the sake of protection, 

 and also to prevent the fall of too much rain upon the 



