. An encyclopædia of gardening; comprising the theory and practice of horticulture, floriculture, arboriculture, and landscape-gardening, including all the latest improvements; a general history of gardening in all countries; and a statistical view of its present state, with suggestions for its future progress, in the British Isles. Gardening. 290 SCIENCE OF GARDENING. Part II. 1456. Garden-ladders are of three species. 1457. The common ivall-tree ladder differs from those used in other arts in having two pieces of ten or twelve inches in length, projecting at right angles from the upper end,
. An encyclopædia of gardening; comprising the theory and practice of horticulture, floriculture, arboriculture, and landscape-gardening, including all the latest improvements; a general history of gardening in all countries; and a statistical view of its present state, with suggestions for its future progress, in the British Isles. Gardening. 290 SCIENCE OF GARDENING. Part II. 1456. Garden-ladders are of three species. 1457. The common ivall-tree ladder differs from those used in other arts in having two pieces of ten or twelve inches in length, projecting at right angles from the upper end, the use of which is to avoid injuring the trees, by keeping the top of the ladder at a small dis- tance from the wall, and thus admit of the operation of nailing, as well there as elsewhere. 1458. The orchard-ladder consists of a frame on low wheels, as a basis for several lad- ders which fit into each other, and are capable of being hoisted up by machinery so as a person near the extremity of the ladder may have access to any part of a tree with con- venience, either to prune it or gather the fruit. 1459. The three-styled, forked, and double ladders {fig. 206. a, b, c) are also well adapted for the ordinary purposes of gathering fruit or pruning. 206. 1460. The rule-joint ladder (fig. 207.) is used for working on curvilinear roofs either of glass, or domes of lead, stone, &c. which require panes renewed or trees nailed. Each step or foot-board, has what is called a stop, to prevent the feet from breaking the glass, and at every joint is a moveable foot to project in the case of training trees on such surfaces, in order that their leaves, &c. may not be injured. Such ladders are particularly useful for repairing curvilinear hot-house Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Loudon, J.
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