SUBUBBAN BESIDENCES.' 103 



156. Estimate of expense : , 



The preparation of the ground, including the draining and tlie formation of the) f' ^' '': 



walks, in this garden; will cost about |-ioou 



The trees requii-ed amount to C7 ; which, at the above prices, average Is. 2d.) „ ^^ 



each (cash), and come to j- -i is i 



Shrubs and roses, 108, 42C 



Climbing Shrubs, 26 19 3 



Herbaceous plants, annuals, and biennials, 546 ; and, supposing the greater) r r 

 number of them to be annuals, they may be purchased for . . . . j 



In all . . . £25 5 10 



The plants were procured at the prices stated in the list, of Mr. Donald, nurseryman, 

 Woking, Sm-rey. 



157. Management. — A garden laid out in this manner may be managed 

 with great ease, and at very little expense. During the spring months, such 

 training and pruning as are required may be effected ; and, during summer, 

 the chief operations will be mowing the grass, training the herbaceous plants 

 and roses, and keeping the latter free from insects, by frequently syringing 

 them with clear water, and daily hand-picking the aphides, caterpillars, snails, 

 &c. The culinary department of the garden will require nothing more, in 

 the summer season, than to be kept clear of weeds ; and, in the winter, a 

 dressing of manure. All this may be done by the man-servant necessarily 

 kept for the horse, with the direction and assistance of the occupier himself, 

 and the female part of his family; with the exception of mowing the grass, 

 which, during the smnmer months, will require one day's work of a jobbing 

 gardener every fortnight ; and during the spring and autumn months, once 

 every three weeks. This is supposing that the fallen leaves in autumn are swept 

 up every two or three days by the man-servant, or some one of the family ; 

 in performing which operation, in this garden, as in every other, a soft birch 

 broom must be used, so as not to raise and sweej) away the gravel from the 

 walks. The mown grass, the prunings, the weeds, and the leaves, and such 

 like refuse, may be thrown under the pit among the horse dung, so as to 

 increase the quantity of fermentable matter, and thus to keep up a constant 

 heat in the pit. The walks should be rolled at least every time the grass is 

 mown ; and, every three or four years, that part of the surface of the gravel 

 which has become black should be removed, and the remainder stirred up, 

 fresh gravel added, and the whole rolled with a heavy roller, till it has become 

 as hard as a surface of pavement. The articles grown in the pit may be 

 cucumbers and melons, the management of which will be given hereafter ; 

 or it may be used for raising and protecting pelargoniums (geraniums), or 

 such other green-house or pot plants as the lady of the house may prefer. 

 Gourds may be raised in the pit, and planted between the asparagus beds, so 

 as to yield a supply, during the whole summer, of a very delicious vegetable. 

 If there is any room against the side wall that faces the south, tomatoes, 

 previously brought forward in the pit, may be planted against it, and trained 

 so as to ripen their fruits, which are excellent, either plain boiled, or made 

 into sauce. A row or two of scarlet runners may also be planted between 

 the beds. The total expense of managing such a garden need not exceed 



rom 3/. to 5/. a year. 



158, RemarJcs. — Such a garden is well calculated for a person of taste, who 



