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THE FLORIST AND ROMOLOGIST 
[ November, 
that extent. The protection of this 30-in. projection may be said to have 
extended 8 ft. to 9 ft. down a 12-ft. wall, so that it will be seen that those who 
speak of and recommend coping 1 ft. to 18 in. wide, do not half understand the 
subject they are treating. With a wall 10 ft. to 12 ft. high, a projection of less 
than 3 ft. may be considered comparatively useless, and for the full height, 4 ft. 
would be all the better. Indeed, to lay down a rule, I consider every yard of 
rise in the wall should have a foot of projection ; and thus a 6-ft. wall would 
have 2 ft., a 9-ft. would have 3 ft., and a 12-ft. 4 ft. ; and this must not be that 
length of glass sloping at an angle of 45°, but a bond fide projection of the 
length named, measured at a right angle from the wall. With such preservers I 
believe the growth of wall fruit would be reduced to a certainty, and that at a 
cost, considering the interest involved, almost nominal. 
In speaking of preservers, I have no sympathy with the temporary or make¬ 
shift schemes now before the public. I believe them to be permanent institutions 
in the garden, and as such worthy of being erected in the best manner, not only 
for the sake of superior appearance, but also as in the end being the cheapest. 
Judged from that stand-point, we have nothing fit to compare with the Fruit 
Protectors of Mr. Ayres, for not only have they all the elements of strength and 
durability, but seen in a stretch of a hundred or more feet, they have a remark¬ 
ably chaste and elegant appearance ; indeed, they impart quite a finish to a well- 
kept garden. The simple Fruit Preserver is shown in fig. 1. This projects 3 ft. 
from the face of the wall, and is glazed with Hartley’s Patent Rolled Plate Glass, 
in a single length, from back to front, the glass being held in position upon the 
patent principle. From the end of each bracket will be perceived a simple 
dotted line, and at the end of each of these lines a similar radiating one. These 
