CHAPTER XXXVIII 



THE GARDEN ORCHARD 



ONE'S enjoyment of the garden would be greatly 

 increased if the orchard, which is so often thrust 

 away into a remote corner, were brought into direct 

 communication with it. How easily the trimmer 

 lawn spaces might lead through groups of flowering 

 shrubs to the rather rougher grassy orchard. How 

 naturally the garden Roses and masses of free-grow- 

 ing Cluster Roses would lead to their near relations, 

 the Pears and Apples and other fruiting trees of the 

 great Rose order. 



There is no need to make a definite break between 

 the two ; it is all the better not to know where the 

 garden ends and the orchard begins. Towards the 

 edge of the mown lawn there may already be trees 

 of the Red Siberian Crab and the handsome Crab 

 John Downie, and the pretty little Fairy Apple ; 

 while the nearer orchard trees may well be wreathed 

 with some of the free Cluster Roses, such as Bennett's 

 Seedling or Dundee Rambler. 



If the orchard is of some extent its standard trees 

 of Pear, Apple, Cherry, and Plum may be varied by 

 three or four bush trees, or by some of the beautiful 

 fruit trees of lower growth, such as Medlars and 



Quinces. There may also be breaks of cut-leaved 



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