How to manage a Garden 



used for fruit or other trees, it is far better to have the 

 slope all towards that side, but when both sides are 

 used, the burden should be divided between them. The 

 coping should project out quite three inches so that the 

 fruit-trees will not be made to suffer unduly. Hollow 

 walls are sometimes advised as being a great saving in 

 bricks. That is true, and they may be all right as long 

 as they are in good repair, but when the mortar wears 

 away and the bricks become loose, as they will in course 

 of time, it is then that the mischief begins ; and once the 

 wall becomes the abode of those insect pests which are 

 so prejudicial to the life of the trees, it is well-nigh beyond 

 the power of mortals to eradicate them. It should be 

 seen during the course of erection that good substantial 

 mortar is used, for it will be especially necessary in this 

 case, where the amount of nailing will give it a sore trial. 

 The jerry-builder's type of mortar could not here be 

 tolerated. 



The information here given relative to the construction 

 of garden walls is not offered in the hope of inducing every 

 one to be his own builder, but rather in order to impart an 

 intelligent interest in the work. The more a person knows 

 of the principles of building, the more readily will he per- 

 ceive flaws, and the more vigilant will the builder be to avoid 

 them. If a more intelligent interest were taken in building, 

 the number of jerry builders would be considerably re- 

 duced. Having now dealt at some length with the subject 

 of walls as a boundary for a kitchen garden, it behoves us 

 to turn to others. 



Board fences or wooden railings are sometimes used for 

 dividing the vegetable garden from other parts, but they 

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