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mend that the eleven trees at each end of the plot, 

 and one entire row of twenty-three trees, should be 

 omitted in planting, and that the space occupied by 

 the row be divided on eacli side of the plot, so as to 

 leave a clear unoccupied space of live feet around it. 

 Five hundred trees will thus find ample room upon an 

 acre ; and may yield their fruit to one generation before 

 they will give evidence of being crowded. 



A plan very frequently adopted is, the planting in 

 borders on either side of a path and around garden 

 squares. The borders should be deeply tilled and 

 rich, and the trees may be planted quite closely. 



A beautiful effect may be produced by preparing, 

 on each side of a path, a border of not less than 

 twenty-five feet wide, in which are to be planted fruit- 

 trees, in a form to produce the efiect of the sides of 

 an amphitheatre. In the side of the border farthest 

 from the path, are to be planted the most vigorous 

 varieties of pear trees, on their own roots. Xext, and 

 at a distance of not more six feet, should be planted 

 a row of less thrifty kinds, on quince roots. Each 

 succeeding row should be composed of varieties less 

 vigorous in their growth than the preceding, until 

 the front row is reached, which shoidd be planted with 

 dwarf apples. 



The outside row may be planted with the Vicar of 

 Winkfield and St. Michael Archange — the second with 

 Bartlett on pear, and Urbaniste on quince stocks, 

 the third with Duchesse and Louise Bonne de Jersey 

 on quince, and the fourth with Flemish Beauty and 

 Winter Nelis on quince. 



