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trees and masses of shrubbery informally disposed. If the key-note here is 

 solitude, retirement, the idea of escape from convention, nothing like formality 

 or rectilinear primness should be permitted. This attempt to imitate the quiet 

 of an unsettled neighborhood the English delight in producing in their great 

 parks, through which one may drive for miles before reaching the castle with a 

 refreshing sense of seclusion and unmolested nature. It is this idea which adds 

 the final charm to the great beeches, with their wide- 

 stretched arms, and the oaks which have remained un- 

 disiurbed for centuries. They add significance and 

 force to the idea of quiet permanence in an unvexed 

 domain. — Garden and Forest. 



Fig, 749. — Asiiton, at Yonkeks, N. Y. 



Distances for Planting. — Standard apples — 30 feet apart each way. 

 Standard pears and strong growing cherries — 20 feet apart each way Duke and 

 Murello cherries — -iS feet apart each way. Standard plums, apricots, peaches, 

 nectarin s — 16 to 18 feet each way. Dwarf pears — 10 to 12 feet apart each 

 way. Grapes — Rows 10 to 12 feet apart ; 8 to 12 feet in rows. Currants — 3 to 

 4 feet apart. Raspberries and blackberries — 3 to 4 by 5 to 7 feet apart. Straw- 

 berries for field culture — i to i^ by 3 to 4 feet apart. Strawberries for garden 

 culture — I by 2 feet apart. Goo:eberries — 4 by 6 feet apart. 



