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THE FLORIST AND POMOLOGIST. 
[ September, 
stakes, or a heavy metal trellis, have little enough to recommend them, and 
therefore a neat and cheap form of trellis, effective but tasteful, would be wel¬ 
comed in many a garden. Such a trellis is represented in the accompanying 
figure (p. 201). It is formed of uprights of T-iron, connected by slender 
galvanised wire, the wires being tightened by little raidisseurs, which keep 
them quite firm. This kind of trellis, 7 to 9 feet high, is said to he erected 
for less than a shilling a yard run. The form of tree is, of course, varied, 
hut one which is adopted at Versailles, and is found to answer well, is 
represented in the figure just referred to. It is generally preferable to the 
cordon or single-stemmed tree, because a more free and natural develop¬ 
ment is permitted, while at the same time the trellis is quickly covered, and 
a considerable variety of sorts can he got together within a small space. 
We can only now refer further to the Cloches, which are simply large 
and cheap bell-glasses, and which are used for the growth of winter and 
spring salads, the French market gardeners by their aid being enabled to 
excel all others in the pro¬ 
duction of these articles. 
. Acres of them may he 
seen in the market gar 
- dens around Paris, and 
private gardens have them 
in proportion to their extent. They are about 16 inches high, and the 
same in diameter of base, and cost about a franc a-piece, or less if bought in 
quantity. M. Rouchonnat jeune, 75, Rue du Faubourg St. Antoine, offers 
them at 85 francs per 100, if more than 500 are taken; smaller quantities 
at 90 francs per 100— i.e., at the rate of about ninepence each; they are 
packed by twenties, four francs being charged for the package. “ The 
advantages of the Cloche are—it never requires any repairs ; it is easy of 
carriage when carefully packed (one inside the other in a rough frame made 
for the purpose); carefully handled it is very rarely broken; and it is 
easily cleaned—a swill in a tank and a wipe of a wad of hay every autumn 
clears and prepares it for winter work. These bell-glasses are useful in 
many ways besides for salad-growing—for example, in advancing various 
crops in spring, in raising seedlings, and in striking cuttings.” 
THE GLADIOLUS IN 1868 . 
HIS favourite flower, like many others, has been forced into blooming 
two or three weeks earlier than usual, by the present extraordinary 
dry and warm summer. Having fortunately potted about 150 of the 
best varieties new and old, and grown them in a shaded situation, I 
have been able to see them in their true characters, which cannot he 
done this summer in the open borders. 
The following new sorts of 1868 have already flowered with me—namely, 
