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the soil, bring many of the tenderer kinds of fruit to a 

 mneh greater degree of perfection than any other 

 mode of espalier training. They are a very suitable 

 accompaniment of the garden walk, but it is not ex- 

 pedient to have a border on the walk side : it is best 

 to let them come to the edge of the walk. They 

 should be about a foot from the ground, and should 

 be formed of parallel bars, like the perpendicular trel- 

 lises. They may, of course, be either metallic or of wood; 

 and we see no reason why the strained wires before 

 described should not be employed in this case. 



The Trellised Arcade. — This mode of training is 

 of more recent introduction, and it is very ornamental. 

 It will form a very good connecting link, or mode of 

 transition, from the kitchen to the flower-garden, or 

 to anything of an episodical character. In all such 

 cases they should be high enough for head room ; 

 seven feet would be required in the centre of the arch. 

 They should, if possible, run nearly north and south, 

 or at least not quite due east and west \ as, in that 

 event, there would be a northern aspect, which would 

 certainly not suit the finer sorts of apples ; although 

 it might be made available for the Morello cherry, 

 for currants, &c. &c. The principles of construction 

 will be familiar to any ordinary workman : strong 

 uprights to support the fabric, and bars to train are 

 placed parallel at nine inches apart. 



