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THE MINIATURE FRUIT GARDEN. 



fitted ill ; the two end pieces arc pushed inwards, so 

 as to drive all of them into cli^se 

 contact. A little putty is required 

 at the bottom to prevent water 

 lodgipg, and some at each end to 

 keep the pieces from zuoy'utp: lat- 

 erally, e,e, are the straining-posts 

 of oak, four inches square ; /', the 

 upright pieces i >t' wire stuck in the 

 ground, flattened and perforated 

 at top to pass the wire through and 

 support it ; ;/, the wire." 



Such, then, is the description of 

 the new barless fruit ridge — the 

 invention of my son — which I 

 think calculated tn have a frreater 

 effect on domesftc gardening, and 

 contribute more to the refinement 

 and comfort of a verv large class 

 (if people, than all the crystal pal- 

 aces ever invented. I feel that I 

 ought to add how and where these 

 nice things are to be bought 



Mr. .Tames Ivixutt, builder, of 

 Stratfunl. Essex", makes and sells 

 them at 5s. (Id. or (is. each, im- 

 glazed. Those who would wisli 

 to lia\ c a largo number, and who 

 live at a Iniii;; distance from Lon- 

 (Icin, slioiikl have a few from Mr. 

 Kiu. IB. !ki\ ('It as samples ; they could then 



1)0 iuiitalcd liv aiiv ijood laborer. 



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