Formation of a Vegetable Garden 



skirting the main walks, and I have purposely advised that 

 espaliers should be grown to give a background to the 

 flowers. It is not my intention here to tell minutely how 

 this space is best to be utilised for the attainment of the 

 object in view. That will be dealt with in its proper place. 

 I may merely say that such borders are often made to look 

 glaringly brilliant and quite as attractive as any portion 

 of the ground. I well remember when first going to work 

 at a large place how, on emerging from the gardener's 

 cottage, I was particularly struck by the beauty of a border 

 of annuals skirting the kitchen garden area, and I always 

 have that picture in mind when commending the adoption 

 of the feature or condemning its absence. Though pyra- 

 mids are sometimes used as a background they are inferior 

 to espaliers for the purpose. 



Water-Supply. 



The question of water-supply to a garden must in all 

 cases be settled locally, for it is governed solely by local 

 circumstances. The stubborn fact, however, remains, 

 that it is well-nigh impossible to produce vegetables up to 

 any great standard of merit without copious supplies of 

 water during periods of drought. A great saving of labour 

 is effected by having the water so laid on that a length of 

 hose-piping may be made to reach all parts. The first cost 

 may seem to be heavy, but any one conversant with the 

 true canons of economy, and aware also of the need for 

 water and the labour its application involves, will readily 

 concede that it is a sound speculation. I speak now of 

 the ideal method of distributing the water, and inasmuch 

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