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d'automne, Thompson’s, Marie Louise, Louis bonne of Jersey, 
Beurre die), Hacon’s Incomparable, &c. 
289 5th. Trellised Arcades. As to the effect produced, these 
are exceeding^ly ornamental ; they are made to stretch over 
a walk, which, to do justice to the plan, should, by all means, 
run north and south; one side will thus enjoy the morning’s 
sun, and the other that of the afternoon. Care should be taken 
to carry them high enough, in order that tall persons may not 
come in contact with the fruit, which will occasionally hang 
through the trellising. The uprights which carry the arch 
should, at least, be six feet in height at the sides. The same 
mode of training, as to disposition, distance, &c., may be pre- 
served here, as with the horizontal trellis; allowing, however, 
more width between the principal shoots, as it is more difficult 
to train them ; a foot to fourteen inches will be amply sufficient. 
It may be reasonably hoped that what has now been advanced 
in regard to training, will be sufficient to direct persons of small 
experience, or those about to make new gardens, in their choice 
and adaptation of the most efficient methods. I will next pro- 
ceed to offer advice on the principles of disbudding, both general 
amd special ; a process of far greater importance than is gener- 
ally imagined. In carrying out any, or all, of the above modes 
of training, it will at once, I think, be obvious, that unless the 
root be placed under control, all training, however scientihc, 
must inevitably end in disappointment. In fact, the absence of 
due regard to this one circumstance, has been the sole cause why 
trained fruit trees have so generally disappointed the expectation 
of the horticulturist. And how should it have been otherwise ? 
If the principle of reciprocity between root and branch, — more 
especially with regard to fructification, be admitted (and it can 
but be recognised by every vegetable physiologist), how is it 
possible that so severe a limitation of the branches should be 
compatible with unlimited power of the root Prevention is 
better than cure; and I have always found, that fruit trees, 
planted in sound maiden loam, not too deep, have invariably 
produced shoots of the most fruitful character. The method of 
planting, moreover, which I here call the platform system, 
supersedes the necessity of root pruning, or, in fact, any other 
root operation, with the exception of top-dressings when the 
tree becomes exhausted by age or over-bearing. 
