ANOTHER HARDY GARDEN BOOK 



but no place to turn, so the cart must be 

 backed out the way it came in; and of 

 course, neither cart nor wheel-barrow can 

 fly over Box-edges, so the cart must be un- 

 loaded into the wheel-barrow and a bridge 

 of boards made over the Box-edging, in the 

 Spring to bring fertilizer and in Autumn to 

 carry away rubbish. . There is no way of 

 remedying this serious fault but by rear- 

 ranging the entire garden, and the trees and 

 plants have now acquired such a fine growth 

 that I am unwilling to take this radical 

 course, so the work must be done under the 

 consequent disadvantage and loss of time. 



An ideal vegetable garden is surrounded 

 by a hedge of Siberian Arbor Vitae, or 

 Hemlock Spruce; both are beautiful to look 

 at, either through the Winter months when 

 anything green is so restful to the eye 

 wearying for verdure, or in Summer when 

 the feathery shoots of light green are things 

 of beauty. An evergreen hedge is also val- 

 uable both as a wind break or protection in 

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