A GARDEN OF ONE SQUARE ROD. 



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results it will be possible for him to obtain. This 

 diagram represents such a plat. 



(a) denotes the spot 

 where four grape vines 

 are placed, which are 

 eight feet apart, and 

 against the north and 

 west wall or fence, 

 where they receive the 

 sun from the opposite 

 direction. 



(6) represents cur- 

 rant bushes, planted about three feet distant from 

 one another, on the south and east. 



(c) is a line of strawberries, one foot apart, ex- 

 tending entirely around the apparent interior of the 

 border, but really, however, over the whole rod, 

 thus affording a fine field for the roots of the vines 

 to roam. Its superficial boundary, as shown in the 

 plan, is three feet from the outside. 



(d) represents pots of eighteen inches in diameter, 

 each containing a peach tree, which is dwarfed by 

 pruning ; the pot being plunged to the rim in the 

 earth of the border, to prevent too rapid evaporation 

 of moisture. 



Now, what may we expect, as the practical result 

 from such an orchard, if kept in good heart by an- 

 nual manuring and a judicious use of the knife '? 

 The four grape vines should bear, at least, fifteen 



