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I. 2.3.4. are the four corners of the wooden framt?, when 

 joined together and fixed upon the wall. 



5. 5. arc wooden facings fixed on the front edge of the sides 

 of the frame for tlie reception of the screen within them. 



6. 1. 1. 1. are similar facings on the top and hottom, but 

 moveable on hinges, shewn at 1. 1. 1. for the convenience of 

 putting the rings of the screen upon the iron wires 9. 9. 9. 9. 



7. 7. 7. are the breadths of the screen, strengthened by- 

 slips of tape 2. 2. sewed upon the seams. 



8. 8. are the two upright pieces of wood, to which the screen 

 is nailed, which slide under the facings 5. 5., and are secured 

 by the hasps 3. 3. 3. 3. 



9. 9. 9. 9. are the iron wires on which the screen slides, by 

 means of rings. 



4. 4. 4. 4. are thumb-screws, for tightening the wires and 

 preventing them from relaxing. 



5. 5. 5. 5. are the rings upon the bottom wire. When the 

 screen is adjusted, the lower facing i. 1. 1. is folded up to 

 10, 10., and fastened with square buttons 6. c. 



II. 11. 11. 11. the plan of the wall and the bottom of the 

 frame, with a semi-circular hole cut in the latter, sufficiently 

 large to receive the stem of the tree, and thus to prevent the 

 frame being fixed close to the wall. 



12. 12. 12. 12. the section of a side of the frame and of the 

 wall. 



13. 13. are the top and bottom stops, to keep the screen in 

 its place. 



14. is a piece of cloth loosely suspended between the wall 

 and the upright stake 15, to receive the fruit that falls off the 

 tree; the stake 15 is repeated at convenient distances in the 

 frame. 



This frame has been tried in the gardens of the Horticul- 

 tural Society, and found perfectly to answer. 



The sudden transition from cold to heat, which we expe- 

 rience in the sultry hot sunny days of spring succeeding frosty 

 nights, is the principal cause of the failure of crops of our 

 finer fruits in the open air. The blossoms get frozen through 

 the night, and the sun acting with all its power on them in 

 the morning before they are at all thawed, destroys many, 



