2 So Horticultural Implements, Appliances, etc. 



of the very best quality, and such as if placed properly in its 

 position is as permanent as it is useful, 200 Ibs. avoirdupois may be 

 obtained for less than 4/., and 220 Ibs. will extend a distance of 

 13,123 English feet. This size will also suit well for espaliers, 

 though a size or two stronger had better be used for the tallest and 

 strongest trellises. A size, or even several sizes smaller, will suffice 

 for dwarf trellises with three rows of wire or so, to accommodate 

 very dwarf trees of any shape the cultivator may desire. 



Since writing the above, I have been informed by Mr. J. B. 

 Brown, of 90, Cannon-street, and 148, Upper Thames-street, E.G., 

 that he supplies the chief Parisian houses who furnish French fruit- 

 growers with this useful galvanized wire, and therefore we may 

 expect to procure it cheaper in England. 



USEFUL TRELLISING FOR YOUNG TREES IN NURSERIES, &c. 

 In some of the best fruit nurseries I noticed a simple and 

 effective kind of trellising used for training young wall and 

 espalier trees. It is useful in enabling the French to keep in 



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stock trees for these purposes to a greater age than is the case 

 in our own nurseries, and for various purposes should prove 

 useful to the grower of young fruit trees. I need not say that a 

 larger and modified application of the same plan would do well 



