234 GARDENING FOE THE SOUTH. 



The points to be attended to are to entirely cover the 

 wall or trellis, bending the branches backwards and for- 

 wards so as to form numerous deposits of returning sap, 

 and ensure the full exposure of the fruit-bearing branches 

 to the sun and air. The long shoots are shortened or 

 pinched to make them throw outside branches, with 

 which the trellis is covered, without permitting them to 

 cross each other. Training flowering plants is necessary 

 that they may appear in elegant and symmetrical form. 

 It should be regulated by a knowledge of their habits of 

 growth and consists principally in checking over-luxu- 

 riance of growth and tying them to stakes or frames. 

 Directions for training the grape, etc., will be given here- 

 after. 



