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Fan Trellis

XII. Trellises.

TRELLISES are of various forms and easily made by any one who has a little mechanical skill. Those partly of wire and partly of wood are, many of them, of elegant forms, and are sold by all horticulturalists. When climbing plants or shrubs are grown at some distance from any building, some support must be given.

Simple, strong stakes, the rugged stump, or even top of a tree may, with great effect, be covered by ampelopsis, or any of that class of runners. Other climbers must have trellises to conform to their habit, and the height of these trellises must be governed by the plants emgive will illustrate ployed. The three forms we give will illustrate our meaning and fully explain themselves. The fan-shaped trellis is quickly made, of the required size, by slitting the board or siding partly through, and then spreading and fastening. It XDX Fig. 2.