COTTAGE GARDENING. 



each entering at C, immediately at the right and left of- the entrance gate, and 

 continued along the boundary belt until they connect with walks 9 and 14 ; or, if 

 thought more desirable to have a carriage entrance, by widening the main walk, 

 making it 12 or 14 feet wide: thence conducting it to walk No. 14, which can also 

 be widened, to the stable-yard, which is of sufficient size to turn a carriage in ; in this 

 case the lane can be dispensed with, which will extend the lawn. My object in making 

 a main w\alk instead of a carriage road, is to keep the front part of the lawn from 

 being cut up any more than necessary. Other improvements might also be made, 

 such as the placing of a few rustic seats, rustic flower-baskets, or any other ornament 

 of a similar nature, in different parts of the lawn, such as may best suit the taste of 

 the proprietor.* 



The Grape house is an appendage which can scarcely be dispensed with in a place 

 of this description, the utility of which is becoming more and more appreciated. 

 I may have occasion to enter more fully into the details of this at some future time. 



The dotted lines on each side of the center walk, rep-resent two rows of dwarf pears, 

 apples and cherries ; the dots marked, are the spaces they will occupy, — six to each 

 bed, six feet apart, making in all three dozen. The dots on the fence are for wall trees, 

 or grape vines, two dozen in all, twelve feet apart. The smaller dots around the vege- 

 table beds, are for gooseberries and currants, three dozen in number, four feet apart. 

 The wall trees, or grape vines, should be trained on a trellis, inside the fence, and at 

 such a distance from it that the air may circulate freely between the trees and fence ; 

 from four to six inches is a sufficient distance. It will be found more desirable to plant 

 dwarf trees in a small garden of this description, than standards. The trees on the 

 fence occupy but a small space, and will amply repay the cultivator for the extra labor 

 of pruning and training, in the superior quality of the fruit. 



I think the Kitchen Garden will also be found amply sufficient for the culinary use 

 of a moderate sized family ; if not, it can easily be enlarged by bringing it nearer the 

 house. 



I trust, with the explanations here given, and where due discrimination is exercised 

 in the selection of such trees and shrubs as are most suitable for such a place, that the 

 results may prove highly satisfactory. 



* The following key to the plan explains the locality of all objects connected therewith : 



1. Main walk from highway, and leading to house ; 

 seven feet wide. 



2. Boundary belt of deciduous trees, evergreens, and 

 shrubs. 



3. Irregular beds cut in turf, for shrubs, &c 



4. Lawn, interspersed with trees and shrubs, 



5. Patch of grass, with irregular flower beds cut in turf. 



6. Dwelling house. 



7. Parts of lawn. 



8. Irregular flower beds. 



9. Walk from dwelling to summer-house and garden. 



10. Rustic summer-house. 



11. Yard in rear of dwelling. 



12. Patch of grass, the dots denoting trees aud shrubs. 



13. Evergreen screen, enclosing rear of house and back 

 oflSces. 



14. Walk from dwelling to stable yard. 



15. Pathway from house to kitchen garden. 



16. Evergreen or privet hedge, separating lawn from 

 kitchen garden. 



IT. Stable yard. 



18. Carriage house and stable. 



19. Cow house. 



20. Poultry house and yard. 



21. Yard in rear of stable, and connecting with kitchen 

 garden. 



22. Lane leading from highway to stable. 



23. Garden walks, 



24. Grape house and vine border. 



25. Border, ten feet wide, around the kitchen garden. 



26. Square for rhubarb, asparagus, and sea kale. 



27. Square for raspberries. 



