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answered; still there are some perfectly natural 
and not inelegant. For instance : — 
Pillars, whether whole, with the base and 
capital, whether Corinthian, Ionian, Egyp- 
tian, or other order, and whether represented 
broken or whole, would be perfectly proper, and 
plants climbing up pillars are natural, but the 
wirework should be pretty close, and painted 
stone colour, that it may fairly show what it is 
intended for. In such case the plant would 
look as handsome before it filled up the space 
as after, and therefore should not be allowed 
to entirely fill up the design : for instance, it 
might be trained so as to have part of the 
capital uncovered, and thus show off" the de- 
sign better than if it were entirely hidden. 
But the imitation of a broken pillar would be 
quite as natural as a whole one ; so also 
would the imitation of an entrance archway, 
or of the front of a building, or of the trunk 
of a tree, and many other subjects, where 
climbing plants would seem not out of place, 
or contrary to nature. The branches of trees, 
which form imitations of trees on a smaller 
scale, would do very well if selected or made 
into proper 3ize and form. If too small, the 
plant would be crowded on it, and if too large 
the plant would not cover it, so that some dis- 
cretion as to the size of a branch must be 
used ; but in this there is more trouble than 
in any other form of support, because they 
may not be allowed to cross from branch to 
branch, to look like so many ropes crossing, 
while the branches themselves are black and 
bare. They must be directed to cover all the 
main branches first, that is to say, the trunk, 
and the strongest branches from it, before it is 
allowed to wander away into the smaller twigs. 
The trellis adopted for one subject may not 
be proper for another. For instance, the one 
fit for a Tropaeolum tricolor would be ver* 
inappropriate for the larger growing climbers, 
like the Ipomeas, the Clematis azurea grandi- 
flora ; but where they are mere pillars, they 
would be far better than any other device. 
A sort of trellis, that is less objectionable 
than many, would be those formed a little like 
an umbrella, because they cover the top, and 
hang down, forming a sort of standard tree ; 
and where the flowers are pendulous, if the 
top were like an inverted umbrella, it would 
show the under part with the drooping flowers 
to perfection. Some kinds of Fuchsia have 
been so trained, and the flowers shown to 
great advantage — but we shall have more to 
say about trellises. 
CULTIVATION OF THE PEACH-TREE 
ON OPEN WALLS. 
BY T. MOORE. 
The Peach ranks deservedly high as a fruit- 
bearing tree ; being, perhaps, the most grateful 
to the taste, and therefore the most highly 
prized among our out-of-door fruits. The 
Nectarine, though considered by some bo- 
tanists as a separate and distinct species, can 
scarcely be regarded as more than a well- 
marked variety of the Peach, since they are 
not unfrequently seen growing on the same 
tree ; and instances have occurred in which 
both states have appeared together in the 
same fruit. This question, however, is one 
of but slight importance to the fruit cul- 
tivator, since, whatever botanical difference 
may exist between them, there is no essential 
dissimilarity in the cultivation they require ; 
and to him, therefore, it cannot be of any 
moment whether they are regarded as pos- 
sessing the nearest possible botanical affinity, 
or whether their relationship is considered to 
be more remote. 
The botanical name of the Peach, according 
to De Candolle, who is a very high authority 
in such matters, is Persica vulgaris, and that 
of the Nectarine, Persica lasvis. They belong 
to the natural order Rosacea?, or that group 
of plants whose structural . affinity is with 
the Rose, that being taken as the type ; and 
to the tribe Amygdalineae, or that particular 
