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rather than details, as the former apply with equal force to every case 

 of the same kind or class, and the latter are seldom suitable, excepting 

 to the special case for which they are designed. It has been our 

 impression that such treatment of the subject is most likely to be prac- 

 tically useful, and we shall from time to time, by a retrospective article, 

 bring the detached articles into such systematic order that the leading 

 principles exemplified in each may be so arranged as to serve as an 

 index, and aid such end by reference ns may render them of service. 



The subject we have taken this time is a garden to a villa in one of 

 the southern suburbs, in which a small piece of very irregular shape 

 was submitted to us to be arranged, with a view to make it useful 

 to a certain extent, as well as ornamental. The useful elements 

 required were a consistent amount of fruit garden, and a moderate 

 portion of ground for the choicer vegetables. We have taken itfoi- tlie 

 subject of this paper, as it affords us an opportunity to give prominence 

 to some matters of economical gardening. 



The house was already built at the north-east corner, and the south 

 end, occupied by large trees which the proprietor had covenanted not 

 to destroy. The wall at the north end was existing, and bounded the 

 property. 



The portion for the kitchen garden was the first thing to decide 

 upon. It was not expedient to place it under the shade of the large 

 trees, neither was it desirable to let it occupy too large a space at the 

 north-west corner, where the direct view from the windows would have 

 looked on to, or against it. We made it our object, therefore, to pre- 

 serve the greatest space possible of lawn, in direct line from both the 

 west and north fronts, and bringii gdown the broadest part of the fruit 

 and kitchen garden opposite the corner of the house. The wall at the 

 north end having a south aspect towards the garden, it was determined 

 should be devoted to the choicer wall fruits, with an intermixture of 

 ornamental climbing plants, which should be allowed to occupy all the 

 space which the fruit trees did not make use of The wall thus be- 

 came an appropriate link between the flower garden and kitchen 

 garden, and the walk after leaving the terrace ; passing the wall ; 

 entering, passing through, and emerging from the kitchen garden, and 

 skirting or winding through the thick planting, returned to the terrace. 

 The terrace is excellent in its effect of increasing the extent of the 

 ground, by detaching the flower garden proper from the open lawn. 



The site for the conservatory was fixed upon, partly on account of 

 existing wall, and partly that it might stand in the confines of both 

 kitchen garden and lawn ; being too large and important an object to 

 conceal, it was determined that it should be ornamental. 



The semicircular outline to the kitchen garden is obviously a suitable 

 arrangement, where it is desirable to conceal all semblance of formality 

 on the outside. 



The fruit trees on the borders are all dwarfs aad pyramids, to be 

 kept within compass by root-pruning, the only mode of growing them 

 by which they are preserved in size and shape fit for gardens generally, 

 and especially small ones. 



The kitchen garden is bounded on the lawn side by a hedo-e of 



