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CHAPTER IX. 



THE KITCHEN, FRUIT, AND FORCING GARDENS. 



Introduction — The Site — Drainage — Soil —The Form —The Walls — 

 The Fruit Garden — The Forcing Garden. 



Gardens intended for the production of fruit and 

 culinary vegetables belong to the subject of horticul- 

 ture, and therefore, in their full extent, do not come 

 within the scope of this work. Their formation, as 

 well as their culture, must be regulated by principles 

 and methods specially belonging to them. They are, 

 however, objects within the park, and bear certain re- 

 lations to its component parts. If these relations are 

 altogether neglected, the beauty of the surrounding 

 scenery may be materially alFected ; and if they are 

 exclusively attended to, the value of these gardens, in 

 their proper character, may be greatly diminished. 

 In laying out a country residence, a careful adjust- 

 ment must be made between these competing claims. 

 To aid these sometimes difficult arrangements, we 

 propose in this cliapter to offer some general obser- 

 vations, without entering into lengthened or minute 

 details. 



The kitchen, fruit, and forcing gardens are gener- 

 ally so connected, and often so intermingled, as to 

 form one establishment, and there is in them such a 

 community of objects and operations as to warrant 



