Trellis Patterns: One very popular type of screen is the trellis, a latticework of narrow wooden or plastic slats—about 1 x Vim—forming open squares about 6in in size. Trellis panels can be bought ready-made, but it is not difficult to make them. The slats are simply nailed together and can be attached to a supporting framework of larger-section battens at the edges. These can then be nailed between wooden uprights and plants encouraged to climb up the open framework. In fact, with a trellis screen, it is really the plants that provide the shade since the very open nature of the structure provides very little shade on its own.
The trellis has many uses around the garden as a plant support. It can be added to the tops of fences, fixed to walls or used to build pillars for ornamental arches.
Drainage basins as viewed in ground plan exhibit a variety of forms. Commonly they are rectangular, ovoid, or pear-shaped. The channel networks that cut through them are arranged in more or less distinctive patterns, which apparently are controlled largely by the composition and structure of the rocks. The dendritic pattern, which branches like a tree, is probably the most common type, and is typical of areas where rocks are essentially of the same kind or where sedimentary rocks lie in flat strata. Trellis patterns are common in areas like the Appalachians, where folded sedimentary rocks erode at different rates.
The Meissen factory was followed by those at Nymphenburg in 1747, where floral patterns, imitation chintz designs, wooden-ware reproductions, and chinoiseries were produced, and at Berlin in 1751, which factory was supported by Frederick the Great. Other factories were established at Furstenberg, Frankenthal, Vienna, and Ludwigsburg. All the German factories made similar designs and produced both glazed and biscuit wares. The most usual patterns were colorful floral and trellis motifs, which were both surface painted and in relief. Other motifs were imitations of mosaic and chintz patterns, gold scrolls, and birds. The Chinese, Sevres, and later the English Wedgwood wares were extensively copied. On the whole, the Germans were excellent chemists and technicians, but lacked imagination in design.
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