GENERAL REMARKS 



ON THE 



MANAGEMENT OF A 



BEFORE I commence the Catalogue, it may be necessary 

 for me to direct the reader's attention to some important 

 matters, essential to the good management of a Kitchen 

 garden. 



The mode of laying out the ground is a matter of taste, 

 and may be left to the gardener himself; the form being a 

 thing of trifling importance in the production of useful vege- 

 tables, or whether the ground be laid out in beds of four or 

 ten feet wide, provided it be well worked % and the garden 

 kept neat and free from weeds. 



Those who have not a garden already formed, should, 

 however, fix on a level spot where the soil is deep ; but as we 

 have not always a choice, I would recommend the reader to 

 that which is within the reach, and ought to be the object of 

 every man, namely, to make the most of what he has. 



To this end, he may form, a border round the whole garden, 

 from five to ten feet wide, according to the size of the piece 

 of land ; next to this border, a walk may be made from three 

 to six feet wide ; the centre part of the garden may be divi- 

 ded into squares, on the sides of which a border may be laid 

 out three or four feet wide, in which the various kinds of 

 herbs may be raised, and also Gooseberries, Currants, Rasp- 

 berries, Strawberries, &,c. The centre beds may be planted 

 with all the various kinds of vegetables. The outside bor- 

 ders facing the East, South and West, will be useful for 

 raising the earliest fruits and vegetables ; and the North 

 border, being shady and cool, will serve for raising, and 

 pricking out such young plants, herbs and cuttings, as require 

 screened from the intense heat of the, suiu 





