. Annals of horticulture in North America for the year ... : a witness of passing events and a record of progress. etch a heavy wire directlyover each row of plants, 3^ feet abovethe surface of the soil, towhich the top of each stakeis fastened with a piece offine wire. The stakes arefour feet long, and they ex-tend two inches above thewire.—Edward Salyer, inAmerican Florist, 146. Plant-Support. — shows a simple andhandy wire plant-support.—Popular Gardening, Strawberry-Plant Trim-mer.—(Figs. 51, 52.) Thetrimmer is made of heavysheet-iron 28 to 30 inches long and 6 inches wide,a cy
. Annals of horticulture in North America for the year ... : a witness of passing events and a record of progress. etch a heavy wire directlyover each row of plants, 3^ feet abovethe surface of the soil, towhich the top of each stakeis fastened with a piece offine wire. The stakes arefour feet long, and they ex-tend two inches above thewire.—Edward Salyer, inAmerican Florist, 146. Plant-Support. — shows a simple andhandy wire plant-support.—Popular Gardening, Strawberry-Plant Trim-mer.—(Figs. 51, 52.) Thetrimmer is made of heavysheet-iron 28 to 30 inches long and 6 inches wide,a cylinder of about 9 inches in diameter. Instead of thecross-bar handle the form shown in fig. 52 may be used.— Reid, before the Ohio Horticultural Society ; reported by Devol, in American Garden, 175. Iron Grape-Posts.—(Fig. 53.) Made of i^-inch gas-pipe, 7 or 8 feet long. The top of the posts should be cov-ered by a cap. They should be drawn to a closed point be-low to keep out moisture. Or iron bars might be used, asshown in the first two drawings.—IT. W. Smith, in A?nericanGarden, r Fig. 52. This makes Tools and Conveniences of the Year. 385 Receptacle for Starting
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