1 58 LANDSCAPE-GARDENING 



be bought directly from a gardener within an hour or 

 two of the time they are gathered. If one takes care 

 of his own garden, there would be compensation in 

 the exercise and good health. One would also have 

 the keen and justifiable satisfaction that comes from 

 producing or raising things with one's own hands. 



There are advantages in having the vegetables 

 and flower-gardens near each other. The barn and 

 chicken-house may be close at hand, but preferably 

 not seen from the house. This will make it conven- 

 ient for supplying the gardens with manure and 

 other fertilizers, and tools can be kept in one of the 

 buildings. Fruit-trees and small-fruits can be raised 

 in connection with the garden. Fruit-trees and 

 nut-trees are beautiful and may sometimes be com- 

 bined with other trees to give a picturesque effect ; 

 or if the grounds are small, two or three apple or 

 nut-trees might be all that would be needed for 

 shade. Raspberries, on account of the color of the 

 bark, are sometimes used for winter decoration 

 the same as red-branched dogwoods or Carolina 

 roses. Even vegetables may sometimes be em- 

 ployed for decoration, especially in very small places 

 where the entire ground might be devoted to vege- 

 tables and flowers. 



