A KITCHEN GARDEN. 99 



out the ground, and here, although the undertaking 

 was different from planning a house, my natural 

 abilities stood me in good stead. After much study, 

 the plot was divided into beds of about five feet 

 width, so that the plants could be plucked without 

 treading on them ; I laid out broad walks at right 

 angles to one another, like grand avenues, to be 

 shaded by the future pear and apple trees, and in 

 my mind determined to cover them with pure, white, 

 salt-water pebbles. I left a narrow border along the 

 outer edge for currant and raspberry bushes, marked 

 places for the fruit-trees every fifteen feet, and de 

 voted one bed to strawberries, another to tomatoes, 

 a third to sweet corn, and so on. I noticed that 

 there seemed to be about as much walk as bed, but 

 this I had been accustomed to in flower gardens in 

 the city, and thought produced a pleasing effect. 



Before these dispositions were determined on, the 

 grass had grown considerably, the spring being early, 

 and to get rid of it, as &quot;Bridgeman s Assistant,&quot; 

 which, with &quot; Ten Acres Enough,&quot; was my constant 

 companion, contained no directions to meet the case, 

 the advice of &quot;Weeville was called for. He said the 

 land must be plowed, harrowed, and well dug over, 

 and asked where the kitchen garden was to be placed. 

 It was with no little satisfaction that I produced my 



