LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS. 



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137. Variegated Iry in suspen- 



sion basket 309 



138. Ivy screen for the drawing- 



room 310 



139 Young line of self-support- 

 ing Pear Trees 333 



140. The Apple trained as a 



Simple Horizontal Cordon 334 



141. Tree with horizontal branches 335 



142. The Simple Horizontal Cor- 



don 336 



143. The Cordon on wall of plant- 



house 337 



144. Young Cordon of the Lady- 



Apple 338 



145. The Bilateral Cordon . . 339 



146. Eeinette du Canada trained 



as a Cordon 340 



147. Edging of simple Cordons . 341 



148. Grafting by approach to 



unite the points of horizon- 

 tal Cordons 342 



149. Another mode of grafting to 



unite the Cordons . . . 343 



150. The horizontal Cordon train- 



ed as an edging .... 344 



151. Border in front of fruit wall 



with two lines of horizontal 

 Cordons 353 



152. Peach wall and border with 



five lines of Cordons . . 353 



153. Double espalier of Pears 



with three lines of Cordon 

 Apples on each side . . 353 

 354. Simple wooden support for 



Cordon 354 



155. Iron support for Cordon 



with ratchet wheel at top . 354 



156. Iron support for Cordon 



let into stone 354 



157. Pear Tree trained as a ver- 



tical Cordon 359 



158. The Pear as a simple oblique 



Cordon, 1st year . . .360 



159. Oblique Cordon Pear, 2nd 



year 360 



160. Oblique Cordon Pear, 3rd 



year 361 



161. Oblique Cordon Pear, 4th 



year . 3Q2 



162. The Pear as an oblique 



Cordon 363 



163. Pear tree trained in U 



form 364 



164. The spiral Cordon against 



walls 365 



165. The spiral Cordon . . . . 366 



166. Peach tree trained as an ob- 



lique Cordon, 1st year . . 367 



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167. Peach tree trained as an ob- 



lique Cordon, 2nd year . 367 



168. Peach tree with three 



branches, a different va- 

 riety grafted on each . .369 



169. Peach shoot of the current 



year bearing a number of 

 secondary shoots . . . 370 



170. Portion of shoot of Peach 



tree 371 



171. Result of pinching the sti- 



pulary leaves 372 



172. The Palmetto Verrier, 2nd 



pruning 375 



173. The Palmetto Verrier, 3rd 



pruning 375 



174. The Palraette Verrier, 4th 



pruning 375 



175. The Palmetto Verrier, 5th 



pruning 376 



176. Palmette Verrier with 



weakly outer branch com- 

 pleted by grafting . . . 377 



177. Pyramidal Pear tree . . .379 



178. Pyramidal Pear tree, first 



pruning 380 



179. Top of young Pear tree . . 380 



180. Pyramidal Pear tree, second 



pruning 381 



181. Leading shoot of Pear tree . 381 



182. Old leading shoot barked 



and used as a stake . . . 382 



183. Pruning to obtain properly 



placed leading shoot . . 382 



184. Incisions made to regulate 



shoots 382 



185. Pyramidal Pear tree, third 



pruning 383 



186. Grafting by approach, to 



cover bare spaces on pyra- 

 midal trees 384 



187. Grafting by approach as ap- 



plied to wall and Espalier 

 trees 384 



188. Pyramidal Pear tree, fourth 



pruning 385 



189. Pyramidal Pear tree, fifth 



pruning 386 



190. Figure theoretically indi- 



cating tiie mode of form- 

 ing a pyramidal Pear tree 387 



191. Young pyramidal Pear tree 387 



192. Pyramidal Pear tree with 



bent branches .... 388 



193. Pyramidal Pear tree, re- 



grafted 389 



194. Wall Pear tree regrafted . 390 



195. Pear tree trained in the 



columnar form .... 391 



