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placed near to the earth’s surface, the tree will be in a position 
to enjoy more warmth in the aggregate, than if trained by any 
of the other methods. This must be esteemed a matter of the 
very 6rst importance, as regards tender fruits. I have proved, 
for at least fourteen years, that this mode of training is peculi- 
arly adapted to the tender Flemish Pears, for which a good 
situation on a wall cannot always be supplied. I will now 
proceed to make a few practical observations, on these methods, 
according to the order in which they are here placed. 
‘285 1st. Upright Rails, or Treillage. These are generally 
placed about three feet from the margins of walks, and if fruit 
trees are properly trained on them, and kept in good order, 
they produce fruit of a character superior to the ordinary dwarf 
standard. They, moreover, add much to the effect of the 
garden, and admit of a small border for the cultivation of 
dwarf flowers. Many such are to be met with in old gardens, 
having been long in use, but, generally, with a very moderate 
amount of success. Want of success Sliould not, however, be 
imputed to the principle, but to imperfect management; and 
to soils too damp and rich. The trees are thus continually 
excited to make succulent growth; which, if closely pruned, 
does but the more increase; and, if left unpruned, occasions 
barrenness, by shading and robbing the blossom spurs. By the 
platform mode, explained in section 234, the trees will be 
totally altered in character; they will produce much less wood, 
and this will be of a more sturdy and short-jointed growth. 
Tliis mode is well adapted for many of the Flemish Pears. 
For those which are tender, the trellis should run east and west; 
thus furnishing a southern face for a superior amount of light. 
For such a trellis, the Glout Morceaux, the Winter Neilis, the 
Passe Colmar, the Beurre Ranee, and the Ne plus Meuris, may 
be recommended. For trellises running north and south, the 
Jargonelle, the Dunmore, the Marie Louise, the Althorp Cras- 
sanne, and the Easter Beurre, would be suitable. 
This treillage has been much used for training superior kinds 
of Apples upon, and is quite as suitable for these as for Pears; 
especially for those trees which produce slender and short- 
jointed wood ; such as Hicks’s Fancy, Kerry Pippin, Padley’s 
Pippin, Pearson’s Plate, Scarlet Crofton, Lamb-abbey Pear- 
main, Ribston Pippin, and the various Nonpareils. 
268, AUCTARIUM. 
