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ment for a man, who at some busy times will need 

 assistance. The size of the garden should, how- 

 ever, be proportioned to the house, as to the number 

 of inhabitants it does, or may contain. This is na- 

 turally dictated ; but yet, it i is better to have too 

 much ground allotted -than too little, and there is 

 nothing monstrous in a large garden annexed to a 

 small house. 



Some families use few, others many vegetables, 

 and it makes a great difference whether the owner 

 is curious to have a long season of the same produc- 

 tion, or is content to have a supply only at the more 

 common times. But to give some rules for the 

 quantity of ground to be laid out, a family of four 

 persons (exclusive of servants) should have at least 

 a rood of good working open ground, and so in 

 .proportion. 



But if possible, let the garden be rather extensive 

 according to the family ; for then, a useful sprinkling 

 of fruit trees can be planted in it, which may be ex- 

 pected to do well, under the common culture of the 

 ground about them ; a good portion of it also may 

 be allotted for that agreeable fruit the strawberry in 

 all its varieties ; and the very disagreeable circum- 

 stance of being at any time short of vegetables, will 

 be avoided. It should be considered also, that arti- 

 chokes, asparagus, and a long succession of peas and 

 beans, require a good deal of ground. Hot-beds will 

 also take up much room, if any- thing considerable 

 be done in the way of raising cucumbers, melons, 

 jlowers, &c. 



The situation of a garden should be dry, but ra- 

 ther low than high, and as sheltered as can be from 

 the North and East winds. These points of the 

 compass, should be guarded against by high and 

 good fences; by a wall of at least ten feet high; 

 lower walls do not answer so well* for fruit-trees^ 



