TRELLIS- WORK, Ac. 



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two sides of a deep and retired dingle of 

 considerable width, and was erected at the 



cost of a few pounds only. The following 

 references will explain its principle : — 

 a, strong-framed tressel to form abut- 

 ments, made of 5-inch square timber, 4 

 feet wide from out to out, weighted at 

 bottom with stones, &c. &c. b, four 

 stringers, spliced in four places, the joints 

 broken alternately : let the grain be 

 straight and clean, the top and one side 

 cut straight : plane the bevelled part 

 from the under side, and the remaining 

 side to the centre : these stringers to be 

 at the end 3 inches by 3, increasing to 

 4 inches by 3 where they leave the tressel, 

 and from thence tapering to 1 inch at the 

 centre : let the splices be good, and put 

 together with marine glue and screws : let 

 it dry two or three days, and give two 

 coats of paint before putting them on 

 the abutments : the best sort of timber 

 for the stringers is Memel. c, a 

 inch strap of iron by \ inch, that crosses 

 over the end of the stringers and down 

 each side of the tressel ; w T ith one bolt 

 in each stringer, and one where marked 

 farther on. Fig. 959, Section of tressel. 



d, showing the ends of lath keeping clear 

 of the remainder, to show the splices on 

 stringers. Fig. 960, The lath that goes 

 across the bridge, 4 feet 4 inches long, 

 2^ inches broad, leaving 2% inches apart : 

 common white deal, 1£ inch thick, half 

 checked, to lie on top of stringers, glued 

 down, and nailed with 4 -lb. clasps — (N.B. 

 Do not cut anything out of the stringers.) 



e, a dotted line, showing the run the 

 bridge will have when finished. /, the 

 rope for hand-rail.' 



§ 5. — TRELLIS-WORK, GATES, FENCES, 

 AND TREE-GUARDS. 



Trellis-work for training plants and 

 shrubs of scandent habits — for forming 

 arbours — for covering walks often of 

 great length — for entrances to flower-gar- 

 dens, or to detached portions of the same 

 — is both useful and highly appropriate 

 in this style of garden. 



For covering walks of great length, 

 cast-iron columns are set in stone blocks 

 at distances of six, eight, or ten feet apart. 

 From the top of these, wrought-iron rods 

 proceed, and form the arch, of whatever 

 breadth ; but this seldom exceeds 6 feet, 

 nor should it be much narrower : the 



