Formation of a Vegetable Garden 



ment. Particular attention is called to the method of 

 laying out shown in Fig. 4, where a hedge forms the out- 

 line of the vegetable area, and where it does not conform 

 to a straight line in any of its sides. If the outline of the 

 hedge is followed in laying down the walks, it is certain 

 that the plots will be anything but rectangular, and crop- 

 ping will thereby be rendered difficult The proper way of 



FIG. 4. 

 Wrong arrangement. 



A Plots. 



Paths. FIG, 5. 



Right arrangement. 

 B Paths. C Borders. 



meeting such a state of affairs is shown in Fig. 5, where a 

 straight path runs across the garden and is bisected by 

 another one, the lines for cropping being measured from 

 these. A curved line in a kitchen garden is a violation 

 of all the best principles of utility, and should, unless 

 absolutely unavoidable, never be tolerated. It may be 

 mentioned in passing that the best form for a vegetable 

 garden is an oblong, with its broad sides to the south. 



