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THE CANADIAN HORTICULTURIST. 



The advantages of these methods become ap- 

 parent at once when the object is the most 

 economical utilization of a limited land area. 



Besides the special adaptations afforded by 

 dwarfed trees and by special combinations of 

 low-growing and high-growing plants, certain 

 well known systems of pruning and training al- 

 low additional liberties to the skillful planter, 

 as, for instance, the grapevine, which readily 

 lends itself to arbor training, may be utilized 

 for screening tender or shade-loving plants. The 

 style of training the grape shown in Fig. 2785 

 is more desirable in many cases than a more 

 perfect orbor. Strawberries adapt themselves 

 readily to such situations if the shade is not al- 

 lowed to become too d^nse. Among flowering 

 plants none will thrive better under such con- 

 ditions than pansies and violets, and among 

 garden vegetables lettuce and radishes may be 

 .=uccessfulJy grown under such a canopy, as they 

 will be out of the way before a dense shade is 

 formed by the grapes. Asparagus can be suc- 

 cessfully grown under a shade of this charac- 

 ter, as it will, because of its early habit, make a 

 large share of its growth before the eardy grape 

 will have produced a shade dense enough to in- 

 terfere with the young, tender shoots. 



Vines as a Cover for Walks and for Shade. — 

 The vine may be utilized as a cover for walks 

 and drives or as a canopy over small outbuild- 

 ings. A cozy summer veranda may be covered 

 by grapevines, thus securing the double ad- 

 vantage of a cool, shady nook during summer 

 and a supply of fruit in autumn. In one gar- 

 den a small ash house was made to support an 

 Isabella vine, and this vine in 1891 produced 300 

 clusters of grapes. The small Inclosure in- 

 which this vine grew, only 25 feet wide and 80 

 feet deep, also supplied foot room for 15 other 

 grape vines, several dozen strawberry plants, a 

 row of currants, and a limited supply of vege- 

 tables and annual flowers, besides a few square 

 yards of beautiful turf. The plan of this gar- 

 den shows the arrangement of the plants. The 

 grape vines are trained to the high tight board 

 fence which separates the lot from that of the 

 next neigWbor. The currants are planted near 

 one side of the inclosure. while the main walk 

 occupies a corresponding position on the oppo- 

 site side. The area between the walk and 

 fence on one side is given up to strawberries, 

 while that between the walk and currant bushes 

 on the opposite side forms the flower and vege- 

 table plot. 



COMBINED FRUIT AND VEGETABLE 

 GARDEN. 



Where there is more land at one's disposal 

 there may be both a fruit garden and a vege- 

 table garden. An area of 60 by 80 feet set apart 

 as a fruit garden will accommodate 442 fruit- 

 bearing plants of the kinds designated below, 

 while an area of 40 by 80 feet will be sufficient 

 for quite a variety of vegetable plants. 



As before mentioned, the general plan will 

 serve as a guide to planting, but the sorts 

 chosen must be suited to that particular section 



of the country in which the work is to toe exe- 

 cuted. 



As will be seen in Fig. 2786, this garden is plan- 

 ned to utilize the space to the best possible ad- 

 vantage. In order to secure large returns, the 

 soil must be kept cultivated and well enriched; 

 walks, if any, are to be maintained as perma- 

 nent features, should only exist where necessary 

 for ease and comfort in getting about. A per- 

 manent walk should divide the fruit garden 

 from the vegetable garden. This is best made 

 of gravel or some other loose material, which 

 will preserve a dry passagewav without pre- 

 venting the rain from penetrating the soil be- 

 neath it, aS' the fruit trees which stand beside 

 it will need the moisture which it gathers. On 

 account of the small area occupied . and thf^ 



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