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you can suggest any other similar fruit-bearing trees or shruLs, as we 

 should like to carry out our idea well. Our house is in Sussex, l)etween 

 Midhurst and Haslemere. — C. S. R. 



[An excellent idea ! There are many fruits which could 

 be grown this way that people do not usually give space to, 

 and this applies to the varieties of cultivated fruits, as well as 

 species that are never cultivated. The natural order to which 

 most of our fruit trees belong contains many other species, not 

 without merit as fruits, scattered throughout tlie temperate 

 regions of the northern world. These trees and shrubs happen 

 also to be most beautiful of flowering trees and shrubs in 

 spring, and are well worthy of culture on that account alone. 

 In Japan, North America, and even the continent of Europe, 

 one frequently sees fruits that are never seen in our gardens ; 

 such fruits will be quite at home in the wild orchard. For 

 the sake of growing one family of fruiting bushes alone — the 

 fruiting brambles of America and other countries — a consider- 

 able piece of ground might be prufitaljly devoted. Even 

 amonccst the Enolish wild Blackberries there is considerable 

 variety and a good deal of unrecognised merit. Such plants 

 can only be grown fairly where there is considerable space. 

 If so much iDcauty and interest, and even good fruit, may be 

 found in one neglected family, it suggests how interesting the 

 subject is when considered in relation to the great number of 

 our hardy fruit trees and shrubs. A good feature of such a 

 garden would l)e plantations of such Apples and Pears as are 

 most remarkable for the beauty of their flowers and fruit, 

 some being much more striking in that respect than others.] 



