Trees and Plants in Gardens anu Nurseries.
Year: 1886

page_text: [Communicated from abroad by JOSEPH GIBSON, of Antwerp, in the Kingdom of
Belgium, Overseer of the Parish Cemetery.]
Trees and Plants in Gardens anu Nurseries.
1, HENRY HARRIS LAKE, of the firm of Haseltine, Lake & Co. Patent Agents,
Southampton Buildings, in the County of Middlesex do hereby declare the nature of
this invention to be as follows:-
This invention has for its object to provide fencing for parks, gardens, nurseries and
the like, which is strong, easily dismountable and transportable and of economical
construction.
The essential part of the improved fencing is a pillar or standard of cast metal or
any other suitable material which standard serves as a support for all the other parts
of the fencing, and keeps them together without masonry cramps, nails or the like.
The standards are provided with suitable feet, fixed in the ground, or attached to
stone, masonry or any other foundation.
The fencing proper is formed of boards, the ends of which enter slots in the sides
of the said standards.
Wire may also be stretched through holes in the said standards in front of the
fencing boards for training plants. A space is left between the wire and the said
boards for the circulation of air. The edges of the said boards are preferably fitted
one into the other so as to prevent cracks.
Brackets project inwardly from the upper ends of the said standards through which
brackets holes are formed to carry rods connecting the standards with each other. Any
covering may be placed upon these rods to form a kind of roof.
From the top of the said brackets, at the inner edges, project arms adapted to carry
an open-work fencing which can, if desired, be ornamented with artificial brambles.
The distance between the standards, as well as the total height of the fencing, can
vary according to requirements.

page_text: The small inclined roofing can be broad enough to enable a man to go round by the
fencing under cover. In this manner the fencing becomes a transportable or movable
green-house.
The portions of the standards provided with the holes through which the wires pass
can be removable and attached to the standards by keys or wedges, or in any other
suitable manner.
My improved fencing may be used in the construction of forcing frames by the
adaptation of hooks thereto. I can also effect a gradual lifting, in order to allow
the sun's rays to reach the foot of a tree to heat the earth.
HASELTINE, LAKE & Co.,
45, Southampton Buildings, London,
Agents for the Applicant.

page_text: Wires may also be stretched through holes.g in the said standards, in front of the
fencing boards, for training plants. A space is left between the wire and the said
boards for the circulation of air. The portions of the standards provided with holes
through which the wires pass can be removable and attached to the standards by keys
or wedges or in any other suitable manner. Figure 3 shews a device by which the
said wires may be stretched.
Brackets h, h project inwardly from the upper ends of the said standards, through
which bracket holes are formed to carry rods, connecting the standards with
each other. The said brackets are also provided with slots 6 into which boards k,
Figure 1, for forming a roof may be placed. Brackets Figure 10 serve to
support the roof at intermediate points between the standards.
From the top of the said brackets & project arms adapted to carry an open work
fencing m Figure 1, which can, if desired, be ornamented with artificial brambles.
The distance between the standards as well as the total height of the fencing can
vary according to requirements. If this distance exceeds say 4.35 in. I usually
employ stands n Figure 11, upon which the boards e are supported by means of
wedges o.
The small inclined roofing can be broad enough to enable a man to go round
by the fencing under cover. A fixed front can also be arranged in connection with
the fencing the said front being supported upon the uprights Figure 13. In this
manner the fencing is formed into a transportable or movable green house.
My improved fencing may be used in the construction of forcing frames by the
adaptation of a standard and two hooks fitted thereto as shewn in Figure 14. By
means of this arrangement I am enabled to effect a gradual lifting of the covering
supported by the hooks in order to allow the suns rays to reach the foot of a tree to
heat the earth.
In the modification of my invention shewn in Figure 15 the standards are made
. double at the top so as to carry two roofs.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said invention
and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I claim is :-
The improved fencing hereinbefore described for parks, gardens, nurseries and the
like, which fencing is easily dismountable and transportable, and the essential feature
of which consists in the employment of a slotted standard serving to maintain the
different parts of the fencing in place.
HASELTINE, LAKE & Co.,
45, Southampton Buildings, London, W.C.,
Agents for the Applicant.