. The Gardeners' chronicle : a weekly illustrated journal of horticulture and allied subjects. a stiff breeze. Theadvantages of the lawn-tennis standards are as fol-lows :—I. They do not injure the most perfect croquet *iW>iV| Fig. 60.—STANDARD FOR LAWX-TEN.\IS NET. lawn. 2. They can be easily and quickly set The net can be removed in two minutes at the endof the play, thus leaving nothing out that can be in-jured by weather. It can l)e as quickly replaced. are no guy-ropes to fall over or occupy The poles can be set within a very few inches of aflower-bed or gravel p
. The Gardeners' chronicle : a weekly illustrated journal of horticulture and allied subjects. a stiff breeze. Theadvantages of the lawn-tennis standards are as fol-lows :—I. They do not injure the most perfect croquet *iW>iV| Fig. 60.—STANDARD FOR LAWX-TEN.\IS NET. lawn. 2. They can be easily and quickly set The net can be removed in two minutes at the endof the play, thus leaving nothing out that can be in-jured by weather. It can l)e as quickly replaced. are no guy-ropes to fall over or occupy The poles can be set within a very few inches of aflower-bed or gravel path. 6. The ground can berolled without removing poles or irons. 7. Groundstoo small for lawn tennis where guy-ropes are usedcan be turned to good account for the game by usingthe standards. For setting up the poles, make a holein the ground 8 inches deep with an ordinary piece ofpointed wood the size of the pole. In this hole placeone of the poles, pressing it firmly and perpendicu-larly into its place. See that the brass buttons onthe pole are towards the end of the court. There are. Fig 61. — lawn-tennis net. two irons with a flat top, and two with a bentshoulder : one of constitutes a pair. Take oneof the level-topped irons, and drive it with a woodenmallet about 6 inches into the ground, slightly slant-ing in the direction of the pole, so .as to support thelatter on one side. The corresponding iron (one ofthose with the bent shoulder) may then be similarlydriven into the ground so .is to support the pole onthe other side. The object of the upper iron havingthe bent shoulder is to form a level top for thereception of the wedges. The irons thus placed willform a double loop or cage round the poles. Now takea pairof chained wedges, and having brought them overthe top of the pole, slide them down to the shoulders ofthe irons. Drive the wedges in between the shouldersof the irons evenly. The wedges tighten the grip onthe pole and each other. The intention is that on
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