56 OF THE FORMATION SECT. III. 



To help towards refolving on the quantity of ground 

 it may be prudent to cultivate as a garden, a general 

 idea may be given in obferving, that an acre with wall- 

 trees, hot beds, pots, &x. will furnifh employment for 

 a man, who at fome bufy times will need afliftance. 

 The fize of the garden mould, however, be propor- 

 tioned to the houfe, as to the number of inhabitants it 

 does, or may contain. This is naturally dictated ; but 

 yet, it is better to have too much ground allotted than 

 too little, and there is nothing monftrous in a large 

 garden annexed to a fmall houfe. 



Some families ufe few, others many vegetables, and 

 it makes a great difference whether the owner is cu- 

 rious to have a hng feafon of the fame production, or 

 is content to have a fupply only at the more common 

 times. But to give fome rule for the quantity of 

 ground to be laid out, a family of four perfons (ex- 

 clufive of fervants) may have a rood oi good working 

 open ground, and fo in proportion. 



But if poilible, let the garden be rather extenfive 

 according to the family ; for then, a ufeful fprinkiing 

 oi fruit trees can be planted in it, which may be ex- 

 pected to do well, under the common culture of the 

 ground about them ; a good portion of it alfo may be 

 allotted for that agreeable fruit the Jirawberry in all its 

 varieties ; and the very difagreeable circumfrance of 

 being at any time ihort of vegetables, will be avoided. 

 It fhould be confidered alfo, that artichokes, ajparagus^ 

 and a long fucceiTion oi peas and beans, require a good 

 deal of ground. Hot-beds will alfo take up much 

 room, if any thing confiderable be done in the way 

 •f raifing cucumbers, melons, flowers, &c. 



The jituation of a garden fhould be dry, but rather 

 low than high, and as fheltered as can be irom the 

 North and Eaji winds. Thefe points of the compajs, 

 fhould be guarded againft by high and good fences ; 

 by a wall of at leaft ten feet high ; lower walls do not 

 anfwer fo well for fruit-trees, though one of eight may 



l do. 



