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The Young Gardener . 
easily-bent willows for the upper part — binding 
down the ends firmly to the posts, and making the 
bent sticks long enough to make a pretty arch. 
Some people put three of these frames, and then 
they lace sticks through them, which makes the 
arch much closer. 
Ours was done in this way, and quite the first 
year we had it the creepers grew all over it. 
I really think most people could make something 
quite as nice as ours — and ours looked pretty even 
in the winter, because it was not mere ugly bits of 
lath and stick, but most of the posts took root and 
made quite a pretty fence. 
When people cannot get willows, however, of 
which to make the fences, a boy who knows how 
to carpenter can make a dark green trellis which 
is also very nice and pretty. 
A good rough sort is made of two long bars of 
wood laid parallel with each other, like A in figure 
2, and then a set of laths are nailed across to each, 
like B, and then another set are nailed the other 
way, like C. This plan is much more elaborate 
than the other and requires a good workman to 
make it strong and proper. A regular carpenter 
would use thick square pieces of wood at A, 
and cut the places for the cross laths to fit in. 
