A NEW FLOWER-STAND. 
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There are other stands of a more simple 
structure, made of well-seasoned oak or 
larchwood, as represented in the accompany- 
ing- figures, that answer for training plants to 
very well. (Fig. 2.) consists of three stout 
upright stakes roughly planed, standing at 
right angles, with cross bars made of the 
same material, either nailed on the outside, 
or let into a mortice to hold them fast ; to 
these bars the branches of the plants so 
trained are to be tied. 
Fig. 2. 
(Fig. 3.) represents one similar in structure but less uniform in appearance, the 
only difference consists in the bars crossing each other in the middle ; by this means 
there is an advantage in training the young- 
shoots, for by the crossing of the bars this may 
be done more neatly, and with greater regularity. 
Stands of this description cost very little, and 
if made of dried wood, well painted, will last for 
four or five years. The height of them should 
be regulated by the habit of the plants intended 
to be trained, if for Clematises or Passifloras 
about eight or ten feet will be sufficient, as 
the first object in training them will be to have 
every internal part quite hidden, so as to 
render the whole one complete mass of flowers 
and foliage ; if carried higher they will be apt 
to become naked at the bottom which will give 
them an unsightly appearance. But if Eccremo- 
carpuses or Lathyrises^ be desired for training, 
a stand of six or seven feet high will be found 
sufficient. As many of the plants that look 
well, trained after this manner, are rather 
■tender, it will be advisable to choose as warm 
■a situation as the flower-garden will afford. A 
select list of ornamental creepers is given in 
Vol. II. pages 33 and 34, arranged so as to show the time of flowering, colour of the 
flowers, height they usually grow, and their general habits. 
