European and Japanese Gardens 



THE GARDEN WALK 



are quite delightful spots in which to ramble. A garden at 

 Wells has dwarf espalier apples bordering its path, beautiful 

 fruit trees on its fine old walls, standard roses marking the 

 lines of some of its paths, and the flowers and fruit are helped, 

 rather than hurt, by the peas and beans, the splendid blue- 

 green of the cabbage tribe, and the rich brown of the turned- 

 over soil. As the kitchen-garden is to be an apartment by 

 itself, as it were, it is bounded, and at the same time pro- 

 tected, by walls. Large gardens would be subdivided, and one 

 might find separate gardens for herbs, for small fruits, for roots 

 and for the more quickly growing crops, such as beans and 

 peas. The necessary water is made use of as an interesting 

 feature. Water which has lain in the sun is better than cold 

 well water, or water just from the town mains, so one generally 

 finds a good-sized basin making an interesting pool in the gar- 

 den. A proper place for tools creates a garden-house — fre- 

 quently quite a delightful feature — and the greenhouse, hot- 



