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arrangement, notwithstanding some may object to it. 
In the centre of this border, where the wide walk in- 
tersects it, a summer-house may be erected. 
In the border along the eest fence, plant the black- 
berry, some three or four feet apart. In the west bor- | 
der, plant the raspberry, at about the same distance. 
It would be well, however, to reserve a portion of 
the west border for a few plants of sage, parsley, 
thyme, &c. 
There now remain the four large beds, the borders 
of which may be occupied with dwarf fruit trees; no 
others should ever be grown in a garden, and by no 
means plant them in an auger-hole. I would recom- 
mend chiefly pears; but, for the sake of variety, a 
couple of plums, apricots, cherries, quinces, &c., may 
be added. These should be planted in the border of 
the large beds, about three feet from the box edging, 
and some eight feet apart. Between each tree a cur- 
rant or gooseberry bush may be planted; these should 
be raised from cuttings, grown to a single stalk, and 
regularly winter-pruned. This mode of planting is 
good in itself, and leaves all but the border of the 
large beds for vegetables, strawberries, &c. One bed 
may be occupied with strawberries and asparagus, but 
the latter must be kept three or four feet from the 
fruit trees. 
Having disposed of the principal permanent arrange- 
ments, let us look for a moment at such vegetables as 
will have to be raised annually. For this purpose we 
have left three of the large beds. It is taken for 
granted that a good supply of well-prepared barn-yard 
manure has been procured, as well as a set of steel 
