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sign, to prove " one of the sights of Europe," and 

 as the back wall of this house is devoted to diagonal 

 cordons, perhaps this design may be useful, a re- 

 presents the angle of a diagonal cordon against the 

 wall. It might be even lower, a would be a 

 single cordon without the addition of leader b, 

 which will make it a double diagonal cordon, c 

 is a short branch to fill up an interval ; not very- 

 necessary, nor very productive, d is an upright 

 cordon from which leaders are taken to fill up the 

 wall space at one end, while e shows how the other 

 end should be finished. If the horizontal portion 

 of e were first well established, the leaders could be 

 readily developed from it. It is also of importance 

 in forming the double or triple cordon to keep back 

 the second leader about half-way the length of the 

 first, otherwise the second leader w r ould, from its 

 vertical position, absorb too much sap ; in other 

 words, establish the first leader well before the 

 others are formed. 



The late and lamented Dr. Lindley, in reviewing 

 " Cordon training," objected to the sharp angle 

 made at b, as shown in the frontispiece of that 

 work. It is now remedied ; but in actual practice it 

 never was so severe. Otherwise, he thought well 

 of this system, and it is now presented under an 

 improved aspect, the result of five more seasons of 

 experience. 



