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neat thin frames of straw, each at least a yard wide. These 

 are firmly fixed down to the wires, so that in spring the 

 trees are placed under what may be called a neatly-thatched 



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Fruit tree in the Vase form, — one of many forms more curious than nseful. 

 A Stake ; B, B, Crossed sticks to sustain hoop in position. To form a 

 handsome tree of this kind, eighteen or twenty branches are required. 



shed. No doubt some other material would look better 

 than the straw, but it is cheap, and when nailed firmly 

 between laths does not look untidy ; and, moreover, it is 

 the object of the place to show the cheapest as well as the 



