. The parks and gardens of Paris, considered in relation to the wants of other cities and of the public and private gardens; being notes on a study of Paris gardens. Gardening; Gardens; Parks. IVali Wired for Oblique Cordon Training. rams, all the advantages of walls as regards heat would be obtained, and the syringing-engine would not be defeated by countless little dens offering comfortable breeding-places to the enemies of the fruit-tree, while the appearance of the wall would be all that could be de- sired. The wire and the raidisseur are also eificiently used in doing away with any necess
. The parks and gardens of Paris, considered in relation to the wants of other cities and of the public and private gardens; being notes on a study of Paris gardens. Gardening; Gardens; Parks. IVali Wired for Oblique Cordon Training. rams, all the advantages of walls as regards heat would be obtained, and the syringing-engine would not be defeated by countless little dens offering comfortable breeding-places to the enemies of the fruit-tree, while the appearance of the wall would be all that could be de- sired. The wire and the raidisseur are also eificiently used in doing away with any necessity for nailing in training the Peach and other trees, when trained as cordons, as shown in the accompanying figure. When the lines which the wires are to follow are fixed upon, bolts and eyes are driven in the wall, the wire being fixed to and passed through them, and then made firm. The French apply the term " espalier " to their wall-trees, and in adopting the word from them we have transferred it to trees standing in the open, but trained in a similar manner. They term our espalier "con t re-espalier," but the terms wall- tree and espalier are distinctly and generally understood among us, and there- fore it is better to employ them in their usual sense. The simplicity and ex- cellence of their mode of making sup- ports for espaliers will be better shown by the figures in the account of the Versailles School of Horticulture than by verbal description. The mode of making trellises for espalier-trees now extensively 2 H 2. Trellis for Youtig Trees in Nurseries. Page ^ 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 Robinson, W. (William), 1838-1935. London, Macmillan and co.
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