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LXVI. Description of a moveable Frame for training Vines 

 in a House, to protect them from Frost, and to facilitate 

 the Operation of Pruning. In a Letter to the Secretary. 

 By John Elliot, Esq. F. R. S. fyc. Vice President. 



Read March 2, 1819. 



Dear Sir. 



In Vineries, particularly those which are forced early, 

 great attention is required to guard agaimt the effect of 

 severe frosts ; the gardener, therefore, ties his Vines at a 

 considerable distance from the glass : but as the spring ad- 

 vances, it is very desirable that he should give them the full 

 benefit of the sun. These two objects are easily attained by 

 means of a moveable Frame, with wires at equal distances, 

 upon which the Vines are trained. I am not aware that this 

 plan has heretofore been adopted ; but I find it exceedingly 

 convenient, and therefore recommend it to the attention of 

 the Horticultural Society : for, independant of the simplicity 

 of its construction and operation, much time is saved in 

 pruning, &c, as the season advances ; for by lowering the 

 Frame, and laying a board across the pit, the gardener can 

 reach every part of the Vine without a ladder. 



Herewith you will receive a drawing of the Frame, as 

 fixed in my Vinery ; it is divided into two, for the greater 

 convenience of moving it. 



The wires should be fastened only at one end, to allow of 



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