SECTION VII. 



FORMATION OF GARDENS. 



.. Form of the Garden. — The form of the garden must be 

 determined by two conditions : first, the natural disposition of 

 the ground chosen for its site ; and, secondly, by the aspect and 

 position of the walls and hot-houses. If there are no hot-houses 

 or walls, the form of the garden will be regulated mainly by the 

 first cojidition. In most kitchen or culinary gardens, of any 

 importance, if no walls are erected, wooden palings are generally 

 substituted for them, which also regulate the disposition of the 

 ground. The site having been fixed upon, with due regard to 

 the considerations necessary in choosing the site for horticultu- 

 ral structures, (see Sect. I,) these considerations being in both 

 cases equally applicable, the next thing to be done is the dispo- 

 sition and formation of the walks, which also define the size 

 and shape of the borders and principal compartments of the 

 garden. 



2. Walks. — The principal walks from the house to the 

 garden should be somewhat broader than the garden walks, and 

 should, if possible, enter the garden at the south side. This is 

 more especially desirable if there be hot-houses on the south 

 side. In either case, however, it is desirable, as a more favor- 

 able impression is produced on the mind of the spectator than if 

 entering at either side. The north side is the very worst for 

 the principal entrance, as the necessary offices connected with 

 the garden, — the mould-heaps, rubbish-piles, manure, &c., — 

 are generally located in that quarter; besides, the impression, 

 produced by the best trained trees on the walls or fences, and 

 the general view of the ground, is lost. Next to the south, the 

 east or west sides should be chosen. 



There are various methods of forming walks, according to the 



