1840. 
THE CULTIVATOR. 
149 
side branches to within two feet of the trunk, (and still 
shorter near the top,) and setting it again, as you 
would a post, two or three feet deep in the ground.* 
“ Cedar is the best; partly because it will last for¬ 
ever, and partly because the regular disposition of its 
branches forms naturally a fine trellis for the shoots to 
fasten upon. 
“ Plant your favorite climber, whether, rose, wistaria 
or honeysuckle, at the foot of this tree. It will soon 
eover it, from top to bottom, with the finest pyramid 
51 CLIMBING PLANTS ON CEDAR TRUNKS. 
of verdure. The young shoots will ramble out on its 
side branches, and when in full bloom, will hang most 
gracefully or picturesquely from the ends. 
“ The advantage of this mode is that, once obtained, 
your support lasts for fifty years; it is so firm that winds 
do not blow it down; it presents every side to the kind, 
ly influences of the sun and air, and permits every blos¬ 
som that opens, to be seen by the admiring spectator- 
How it looks at first, and afterwards, in a complete 
state, we have endeavored to give you a faint idea in 
this little sketch. 
What shall those of us do who have neither cotta¬ 
ges nor gardens ?-—who, in short, are confined to a lit¬ 
tle front and back yard of a town life, and yet who love 
vines and climbing plants with all our hearts ?’ 
That is a hard case, truly. But, now we think of 
it, that ingenious and clever horticulteur, Monsieur 
Van Houtte, of Ghent, has contrived the very thing 
for you.f Here it is. He calls it a ‘ Trellis Mobile;’' 
and if we mistake not, it will be quite as valuable for 
w*iV e ° t We i his hint J°, Mr - Alfred Smith, of Newport, a most 
intelligent and successful amateur, in whose garden we first saw 
tine specimens of this mode of treating climbers. 
t Flore des Senes. 
53 — MOVEABLE TRELLIS. 
the ornament and defence of cities, as the Garde Mo 
bile of the Parisians. It is nothing more than a good 
strong wooden box, upon wooden rollers. The box is 
about three feet long, and the double trellis may be 
eight or ten feet high. In this box, the finer sorts of 
exotic climbers, such as Passion Flowers, Everbloom- 
ing Roses, Maurandias, Ipomea Learii, and the like, 
may be grown with a charming effect. Put upon 
wheels, as this itinerant bower is, it may be transport¬ 
ed, as Mr. Van Houtte says, u wherever fancy dic¬ 
tates, and even in the apartments of the house itself.” 
And here, having fairly escorted you back to your 
apartments, after our long talk about out-door drapery, 
we leave you to examine the Trellis Mobile , and wish 
you a good morning.” 
Maule’s Jaunett or Neverfail. 
Eds. Cultivator — Raule's Jannett , as described by 
Mr. Byram, Horticulturist , vol. ii. p. 19, as to the 
growth of the tree and its peculiar habit of late vege¬ 
tation, is applicable to the Geniting that I have been 
acquainted with for fifty years. His description of the 
fruit is nearly correct; the flesh is of the color between 
white and cream; but his drawing of the fruit, p. 18, 
is erroneous; an irregular shaped Geniting is rarely to 
be met with. 
A nurseryman in Mr. Byram’s neighborhood (Mr. 
Geo. G. Hikes) has in his catalogue Rawle’s Jannett. 
Now I suppose these two are looked upon as the same 
fruit. 
The first regular nursery that I have any knowledge 
of, was established by John Lightfoot, on the south side 
of the Kentucky river, in what was then Woodford 
county, (now Anderson.) From this nursery, were 
drawn the first Genetings that ever came to my know¬ 
ledge; they were quite popular, both on account of the 
fineness of the fruit, and their habit of late vegetation. 
At a later period, Mr. Francis Smith made a nursery 
near to Byram’s station, in Fayette county, Kentucky. 
Mr. James Munday established a nursery in the same 
neighborhood; each of these nurseries propagated 
mainly Genitings. This fruit, in the beginning of the 
present century, was very popular, and has continued 
