194 GARDENS IN THE MAKING 



and pleasure gardens, for at all times they are objects 

 of beauty. The smaller sort, however, espaliers, 

 canes, and bushes, are best kept together, and need 

 an effective protection from birds. This can best 

 be obtained, and in a manner quite consonant with 

 the formal design, by wire netting raised on a square 

 framework which will enclose and roof in one end 

 of the garden. Thus, within methodical and regular 

 lines the kitchen garden will furnish a show of 

 natural wealth and unrivalled charm, and will tempt 

 us to walk within its borders with the same pleasure 

 which we feel among the other parts of our garden 

 territory. 



The Town and Roof Garden 



The problem which the town garden presents is 

 one of a very particular kind. It is circumscribed 

 in space, and it is limited by the difficulty of rearing 

 many trees and plants which languish in an atmosphere 

 of streets and houses. From the latter consideration 

 a greater importance attaches to the architectural plan 

 and to the structural features of the garden, and more- 

 over, it suggests the propriety of planting out and 

 placing flowers which have been reared elsewhere in 



