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simple, and that which I have successfully adopted in several Vil- 

 as near London, has been to surround with a border of shrubs 

 and flowers three or four areas of different dimensions, from an 

 eighth to three-quarters of an acre of Garden ground, to raise 

 crops of fruit and vegetables, perfectly hid from the lawn and 

 walks by the surrounding skreen of flowering shrubs and ever- 



greens; which in some cases will even hide dwarf walls, an 



pits and frames for forcing early fruits. 



By this 



means 



the 



lawn of pleasure-ground may be varied in its shapes, and the 

 quantity of mowing curtailed : and 



we 



ch 



oose to view 



the 



interior of the masses, which serve to diversify the landscape, 



new objects to amuse the eye or gratify the taste, at 



we fi 



the time those fruits are ripe which are most delicious when 



gatl 



lere 



b Y 



our own 



an 



ds. 



The interior fence of these patches may be of holley, roses, 





& 



rooseb 



or 



bar I) 



ernes ; 



g to increase the mass 



of 



skre 



to protect the produce of the Garden 



This 



may 



be perfectly applicable to places on a small scale ; but in large 

 establishments, where one Garden of several acres may be pre- 

 ferred, that Garden should, if possible, be contiguous to the 

 mansion, and a wood or skreen of shrubs should envelope the 



whole, as it 



If a Kitchen Garden 



described on the Map of Cobham Hall. 



consists of such unsightly crop 



we 



see m a common gardener s ground, there will be little ind 

 ment to make it one of the visible appendages of a place ; 



x ice ; but 

 it may be so arranged as to be highly ornamental ; and from 

 its sheltering walls it may always be considered as a Winter 







