TREES AND THE GARDEN. 233 



isfying in exact proportion to the taste displayed in 

 planning it and the perfection of its care. So we find 

 in the garden a subject for careful study and a place 

 for good work. 



How to Plan a Garden. In planning a garden all 

 its possible uses and the work necessary to their ful- 

 fillment must be kept in mind. The vegetable and 

 fruit departments should be convenient both to the 

 kitchen and the barn. As far as possible the rows 

 should be long and far enough apart to allow the use 

 of horse cultivators. A wagon gate should permit of 

 passage from barnyard to garden, so that manure and 

 the larger implements of tillage can be most economi- 

 cally used. The permanent plants, such as grapes, 

 blackberries, raspberries, asparagus, rhubarb, horse 

 radish and Globe artichoke should be planted in con- 

 tiguous rows, and next to these should be placed straw- 

 berries, and then such vegetables as sweet corn, celery, 

 potatoes, beans and peas, which are to be cultivated 

 with the horse hoe. The root and salad vegetables, 

 such as lettuce, onions, beets, carrots, etc., will thus be 

 brought together, since they require hand or wheel 

 hoes. By this arrangement the vegetable land can be 

 plowed without disturbing the fruits. The unit of dis- 

 tance between rows should be 15 inches or its multiple. 

 The wheel hoe can be run easily between rows planted 

 15 inches apart; the horse hoe can be used between 

 rows 30 inches apart. Lima beans and large varieties 

 of corn need more room, and may be planted in rows 

 45 inches apart. Celery, to be blanched with earth, 

 needs 75 inches, the brambles should have at least 90 

 inches, and the grapes will need 150 inches. 



The Vegetable Garden should be far more useful 

 than it is. Most gardeners make a single sowing of 

 each vegetable they grow, while even in the coldest 

 regions the season of every vegetable can be prolonged 

 by repeated sowings. In Tennessee one may have to- 

 matoes from late June to October. Instead of one 

 crop a year the same plat may be made to produce 



