INTRODUCTION 
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things which go very well with hardy plants. 
I live in an oak country where we can make 
a trellis of split oak, and that is the most 
satisfactory of all. Chestnut wood, and even 
the ugly iron fence which disfigures so much 
of the land, may help by using it as a base 
for a trellis. In the cross spaces oak battens 
are divided up into smaller pieces with bam- 
boos, and that forms a good and lasting trellis. 
Colour Schemes . — There is some talk of those 
nowadays. They need never be thought of 
if we take care to have good plants which, 
grown in the natural forms, do not need the 
considerations given to schemes of carpet 
gardening. People who make tiles and 
coloured cottons and the advertisements which 
disfigure our streets, may have reason for 
thinking of semi-chemical laws of colour, but 
in the garden the most beautiful colour can 
only be got by natural ways. 
W. ROBINSON. 
