THE RAIUISSEUH. 



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Fig. 329. 



ment in our gardens and on our walls. It will save labour^ 

 timC;, expense^ and make walls^ and permanent trellises for 

 fruit growing infinitely more agreeable to tbe eye and useful 

 to the cultivator than ever they were before. 



There are various forms which I need hardly describe^ as 

 they are so well shown 

 in the accompanying 

 cuts. The first (Fig. 329) 

 is a reduced figure of 

 one about three inches 

 long, and of which I 

 brought some specimens 



from Paris. The engraver has placed it in the best position 

 to show its structure. The wire that passes in through one 

 end is slipped through a hole in the axle ; the other end is 

 attached to the tongue, as shown in the engraving, and 

 then by the aid of a key, Fig. 330, placed on the square 



Tlie Eaidisseur. 



Fig. 330. 



Key of Eaidisseur. 



end of the axle, the whole is wound much as a guitar 

 string is wound round its peg. The first form figured is 

 very much used in the best gardens, and always seemed to 

 me to do its work effectively. 



The next figure is that of the Eaidisseur invented by 

 CoUignon and re- 

 commended by 

 Du Breuil. It 

 does not difier 

 much from the 

 preceding. D 



shows the point Collignon's Eaidisseur. 



of insertion of 



the wire that has to be tightened; B the fastening of 



p p 



