148 THE FRUIT GARDEN, 



lead, according to the colour of the stone, instead of 

 lime, or at least with lead and putty lime in mix- 

 ture *. The stones, if such can be procured, should 

 be a yard, or a yard and a half in length, that there 

 may be the fewer joints* They should be three 

 and a half or four inches thick at the centre, when 

 finished, and two at the plinth, being bevelled off 

 to either edge on the upper surface, either from a 

 point at the centre, or from a point on each side of 

 it, so leaving a few inches flat on the top. The 

 edge should project an inch and a half, or two incites 

 at most, over either surface of the wall, having 

 groves underneath the plinth, in order to collect and 

 to throw off the drip. Thus the coping will look 

 exceedingly neat and linear j and if the plinth be 

 painted of a uniform and chaste colour, will not 

 fail to please. 



Of Wooden Walls. 



Fruits may be produced in as high perfection on 

 wooden walls as on those of brick. They are no 

 doubt less durable, especially if constructed in the 

 common way, and carried to a great height, the 

 posts and supports being generally unguarded from 

 the effects of damp, and the winds having great 

 power over them. 



I have lately constructed several ranges of wood- 



* It is wrong to check the joints of any stone-coping, though 

 frequently done, as the water, if once it gets entrance, lodges in 

 the check, and loosens the lime or other cement. 



