250 "THE PEACH AND NECTAKINE. 



a. pbrase used to distinguisli houses f nmislied trith snoh trees from peach 

 honses furnished with trees on trellises. The standard (Fig. 57) is 

 perhaps the best form. It suits the graceful habit of the peach admirably. 

 Of course it may be of any size or height desired. Trees, however, with 

 a height of stem ranging from 3ft. to 5ft., and a diameter of from 4ift. to 

 8ft., are perhaps to be preferred. It is obvious that any sized honses 

 may be well and profitably furnished with standards. In lean-tos, for 



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example, the highest standards would be placed at the back, coming down 

 to the lowest in front. In lofty span-roofed hduses again, which are 

 generally arranged with a bed in the middle, a path on either side, and a 

 border between the path and the sidelights, the tallest standards would be 

 placed in the centre, descending in gradation to lower ones against the 

 path in the centre beds, the lowest of all being reserved for the side 

 borders. Such an arrangement ia not only the best culturally, but 

 artistically, and few horticultural sights are more rich and. pleasing than 



