CHAPTER I. 



fyn the Situation^ Soil, Fencing, and Laying-out 

 of Gardens. 



SITUATION. 



12. Those who have gardens already formed 

 and planted, have, of course, not the situation to 

 choose. But, I am to suppose, that new gardens 

 will, in a country like this, be continually to be 

 formed; and, therefore, it is an essential part of 

 my duty to point out what situations are best, as 

 well with respect to the asfiect as to the other cir- 

 cum stances. 



13. The ground should be as nearly on a level 

 as possible ; because, if the slope be considerable, 

 the heavy rains do great injury, by washing away 

 the soil. However, it is not always in our power 

 to choose a level spot ; but, if there be a slope in 

 the ground, it ought, if possible, to be towards 

 the South. For, though such a direction adds to 

 the heat in summer, this is more than coun 

 terbalanced by the earliness which it causes in the 

 spring. By all means avoid an inclination to- 

 wards the North, or West, and towards any of 

 the points between North and West. After all, 

 it may not be in our power to have a level spot, 

 nor even a spot nearly level ; and then we must 

 do our best with what we have. 



14. I am speaking here solely of a Kitchen- 

 garden. Of ornamental Gardening I shall speak 



