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to play croquet, and a summerhouse will give shade and fruit from 

 the Grape vines, while Rambler Roses add flowers. Instead of 

 Grapes I want to grow Adinidia arguta for its fruit, if I can get 

 cuttings from a fruiting plant, for not all vines are fruit-bearing. 

 The fruit is green, like a stoneless Plum, and the taste for it must be 

 acquired as for Olives. When cooked it gives a new preserve. 



A compost pile (screened by the vines) saves greatly in the item 

 of fertilizer. Into this go all the lawn clippings, leaves raked from 

 the lawn, all vegetable refuse from the kitchen and garden, and when 



Fig. 5. Fruit trees blend well with ornamental planting, especially when in blossom 



mixed with soil it gets ready for the next season's planting. On the 

 south foundation wall of the house there is a coldframe of six sash, 

 and a shady section for Winter storage. By using double-glass and 

 heat from the basement through windows in the cellar wall, Lettuce 

 and such green salads can be grown all Winter with little care, and 

 seeds started for early garden planting no fuss with manure or 

 heating-pipes. 



The greater part of the lot is vegetable garden. It is arranged 

 first of all to make plowing of the central panel easy, with little area 



