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wall ; K, verandah with climbers ; L, car- 

 riage drive ; M, arches over path for 

 climbing roses and other ornamental 

 climbers ; N, fernery ; O, turf lawns ; P, 

 shrubberies ; Q, summer house ; R, flower 

 beds, with deodars in the centre, sur- 

 rounded by turf; s, shady walk ; T, flower 

 border, fronting conservatory ; u, flower 

 border fronting shrubberies ; v, melon 

 ground and compost yard ; W, back en- 

 trance, wide enough for carts to enter ; x, 

 range of three forcing-pits ; Y, vinery and 

 forcing house ; z, tool house ; A', frames ; 



FIG. I. PLAN FOR GARDEN AND 

 GROUNDS OF ONE ACRE. 



B', manure beds ; c', garden entrance ; D', 

 tank for liquid manure. 



The kitchen garden being thoroughly 

 drained, trenched, and manured, and the 

 walls in order, the following will be its 

 first order of cropping : a, Jerusalem arti- 

 chokes and horse radish ; 6, gooseberries ; 

 f, raspberries; d, red, white, and black 

 currants in rows ; e, strawberries, seakale, 

 rhubarb, and globe artichokes ; /, a row of 

 pyramid plum-trees, asparagus, seakale, 

 and celery; g, pot herbs, potatoes, and 

 peas; /i, a row of pyramid apple-trees, 

 parsnips, carrots, and turnips ; z, pyramid 



pear-trees, cabbages, broad beans, scarlet 

 runners, cauliflower, and early broccoli. 

 On the south wall, peaches, nectarines, 

 apricots, plums, and cherries. A walk, 

 6 feet wide, separates the main part of 

 the kitchen garden from the broad south 

 border, on which lettuces, radishes, early 

 potatoes, early peas and beans, kidney 

 beans, early strawberries, spinach, and 

 early horn carrots are to be cultivated. 



It will be understood that the above 

 scheme for the disposal of the space allotted 

 to the kitchen garden is general rather than 

 special and positive, and serves as an indi- 

 cation of what may be done rather than 

 what must be done ; in all cases, the 

 allotment of the area at command to par- 

 ticular fruits and vegetables must be in- 

 fluenced by the requirements of the family, 

 and the preferences and predilections of 

 those persons of whom it is composed. It 

 will be noted that the suggestions are made 

 for the first order of cropping only, and 

 with the view to secure as much fruit as 

 possible of all kinds. The main part of 

 the kitchen garden, divided as it is into 

 several small plots, might have the edges 

 of each plot devoted to espalier apples and 

 pears, or trees of these kinds trained on the 

 cordon system, with pyramid trees at the 

 angles, the central portions being devoted 

 to vegetables. Nothing can be said here 

 about succession of crops, which will be 

 treated elsewhere, for it must not be sup- 

 posed that the above system is intended 

 to be permanent ; it is given only as 

 the first order at the formation of the 

 garden. 



In all theoretical gardening it is forbidden 

 to crop the border on which wall fruit is 

 planted ; but this is rare in practice. The 

 crops indicated above generally occupy 

 such borders ; but probably a line might 

 be drawn beyond which such crops should 

 not approach the wall. Supposing such 

 a border to be 16 feet, 12 feet might be 



