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THE FLOKIST AND POMOLOGIST. 
[ July, 
a transparent top. The base is formed of earthenware, and may he com¬ 
pared to a huge drain tile a foot deep 
without a top. On either side of the 
top is a groove to receive a sliding 
sheet of glass as a lid. This opaque 
tile, with its glass roof, is the essence 
of the patent plant protector. The 
protectors may be placed end to end, 
for any length on the ground, may 
form a margin to garden walks, may 
be fixed to the fronts of houses, may 
form an ornamental coping to, or give 
massiveness to the base of garden walls, 
may hide an ugly fence, or adorn an 
ornamental one. It will be understood 
that their form and construction, as 
well as their size, are to some extent 
modified to suit these various uses. 
The accompanying small figure shows 
the form best adapted for wall trees. 
For ground vineries a large semicircular 
form of tile, as shown in the larger 
figure, with one edge set lower than the 
other, so as to bring the glass cover to 
a sloping position, is recommended. 
As to their uses, it is stated, that 
with certain modifications of construc¬ 
tion, they are to be employed for Grape¬ 
growing on a large or small scale, for wall fruits, including stone fruits, 
Pears, &c., for Strawberry beds, for cordon fruit trees, for early vegetables, 
for spring flowers, and for bulbs. For growing Peaches and Nectarines the 
