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The flower-garden should be well sheltered, either naturally or artifi- 

 cially, in the direction of the prevailing winds, but, if possible, open 

 towards the East, to allow the morning sun gradually to dispel the dew 

 or frost from the tender buds of plants, which are apt to suffer by a too 

 sudden transition from cold to heat when his rays burst upon them all 

 at once from over the tops of the trees — this is more especially the case 

 in spring. 



I beieve that I have already entered as far into the details of the sub- 

 jects treated of as the nature of such a communication will admit, and 

 shall therefore conclude by answering briefly those of your queries not 

 already noticed. " Should there be trees allowed in the garden ? " To 

 this I should say yes, if in the flower garden, and provided they form ob- 

 jects of beauty in themselves, and stand detached from the mass. In 

 the vegetable garden, trees are unnecessary, as all culinary vegetables 

 require abundance of light and air, and the presence of trees would only 

 rob them of these, as well as of their legitimate quantum of moisture 

 and nourishment. 



"What vegetables and fruits should the garden contain?" These 

 would be best dictated by the taste and wants of the cultivator. Almost 

 any seedsman can tell the relative proportions of a general collection of 

 garden seeds for a given space of ground. The usual fruits admissible 

 in a kitchen garden are gooseberries, raspberries, currants, strawberries, 

 grapes, &c. For the best method of cultivating these, and all sorts of 

 vegetables, I would refer your readers to Buist's "Family Kitchen Gar- 

 dener." 



Yours truly, 



THOMAS HISLOP. 

 To Albert C. Ingham, Esq., 



Sec. of the Wis. State Agr. Society. 



AGEICULTURAL EDUCATIOiT. 



State Universitt, Madison, December, 1852. 



Dear Sir — In your note of November, you allude to an article fur- 

 nished by me for the first volume of the Transactions of the State Agri- 

 cultural Society, relative to the organization of an agricultural depart- 

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