23G 
THE FLOEIST AND TOMOLOGIST 
[October, 
roof is practicall}^ proof against being destroyed by rats, and in this form the 
model above given would cost from £20 to £40.—T. M. 
a: 
Ecstic Summer-house. 
WIRING versus NAILING. 
lEES stretched over the surface of walls for the purpose of training trees 
upon, and also for the important object of saving the walls from being 
constantly defaced by the drawing and replacement of nails, have long 
been in use in different gardens throughout the kingdom. It, however, 
appears somewhat remarkable that so little has been said or written regarding 
the sj’^stem by those who have had the means of testing the results upon different 
aspects and with different kinds of fruit. This silence looks rather ominous, 
and I should fear certain sorts of fruit, such as Peaches, Nectarines, Apricots, &:c., 
have not set their fruit so well, or come through periods of adverse spring weather 
so well, as those managed under the old system of nailing, and keeping the 
branches close to the wall. 
