266 THE PARKS AND GAEDBNS OP PAEIS. [Chap. XVH. 



quickness of growth and early productiveness claimed for the 

 cordon, with the fuller development and natural appearance of the 

 larger forms. It should be borne in mind that planting erect 

 cordons close together, as they must be planted, involves an 

 amount of expense which is avoided by using trees which have 

 been allowed to attain a more natural growth. It takes a good 



DOUBLE TRELLIS FOR PEAR-TREES I TEN FEET HIGH. 



Uprights and stays of T-iron; horizontal lines, slender galvanised ivire ; ver- 

 tical lines, pine-wood rods, half an inch square and painted green: to these 

 the ascending branches are trained. 



many years to form the large style of tree usually adopted ; the 

 general planting of these intermediate forms is therefore to be 

 preferred. 



Nothing can be neater in the kitchen- and fruit-garden than 

 lines such as these trained on the trellis alluded to. There is no 

 shaking of rough irons or wooden beams, no falling down or 



