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facing the south. I shall, therefore, now repeat, 

 with some little variations as to season and other cir- 

 cumstances, my directions for training and pruning the 

 vines in espalier. First, look at plate 8, which represents; 

 as well as t am able to make it represent, three trellis - 

 works for vines. These trellis-works are to be five feet 

 high, and to consist of little upright bars, two and a 

 half inches by two inches, put two feet into the ground, 

 and made of locust wood. The proper situation for 

 vines would be in a line on the south side of the north 

 wall, or on the south side of the south wall, and at 

 about seven feet from the wall, leaving plenty of room 

 for the work to be performed on the wall-trees as well 

 as on the trellis. The length of such line would be 20O 

 feet j and, allowing for the thickness of the walls, and 

 for the door-way coming into the hot-bed ground (in 

 case you choose the south side of the north wall), and for 

 the door-way going from the inner to the outer garden, if 

 you choose the other wall, there would be space for twelve 

 vines at sixteen feet apart. You would, therefore, plant 

 your cuttings or your young vines at that distance. Look 

 now at the plate, which, in fig. 1. represents the cutting 

 become a plant, or the young vine, having made its first 

 year's shoot. There is no difference in the treatment -, 

 but, in order to avoid unnecessary words, let us suppose 

 it to have been a cutting, and suppose it to have been 

 tied to a little stake during the summer. The first year 

 of its being a vine, after the leaves are off and before 

 pruning, it is exhibited in figure 2. The same year's 

 vine, pruned in February, is exhibited in figure 3. The 

 vine, in its next summer is exhibited, with, shoots, leaves, 

 and grapes, in figure 4. Having measured your dis- 





