AND TRELLISES. 
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for it should certainly be considered they represent only a means, 
and not the end desired; it is indeed a useless waste of trouble to 
expend it on a subject which, if properly treated, is completely 
hid from observation; but there are certain plants which never 
completely envelope their support, and to such it may be neces¬ 
sary and fit to devote a highly-finished pattern, so that the subject 
and its support may form a handsome whole. 
