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June, the latter if the weather be cold and stormy. The 

 lights are fastened to the plate, back and front, by a 

 hook and eye ; they are thus easily removed to prune 

 the trees and gather the fruit. 



In the Appendix is given a diagram of a trellis re- 

 cently made. Workers in iron, if applied to, would no 

 doubt design a light iron trellis, which would probably 

 have a more elegant look than the plan detailed here. 



HOEIZONTAL CORDON PEAR TREES ON 

 DWARF WALLS 



These four-inch walls should have a nine-inch founda- 

 tion of four courses of brickwork in the ground, and 

 should be carried up to four feet above the surface (it 

 is scarcely safe to buUd them of great height), with 

 nine-inch piers fifteen feet apart. The coping for them 

 is made of boiling coal tar mixed with lime and sand 

 to the consistence of mortar, which is placed on the top 

 of the wall thus j^ so as to carry off the water. This 

 is a most cheap and efficacious covering — it can scarcely 

 be called a coping, as it does not project over the edge 

 of the wall. A coping of Portland cement is even better, 

 as it holds the wall together. 



The very best lime should be used. I have found 

 the grey Dorking lime excellent, but any kind of lime 

 made from limestone will answer well ; that made from 



