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to be provided, and the cheapest form that is likely to be 

 of any real value is a galvanized iron erection eight feet 

 high. High brick walls are of course vastly better, 

 because they will support fruit trees, but the cost is very 

 serious. An acre of ground could hardly be enclosed 

 with a really good wall at a less cost than 400. 



A great deal of water is required in French gardening, 

 and it is important to have it under pressure, in order 

 that stand-pipes, which will give a rapid flow, may be 

 erected at various parts of the garden. If the district is 

 not one in which water is " laid on," and there is no likeli- 

 hood of a supply coming, it will be necessary to provide 

 powerful pumping machinery, whether in the form of a 

 petrol engine to draw water from a neighbouring river, 

 or a mill to draw a supply from deep wells. 



It may or may not be necessary to erect a dwelling- 

 house. If it is, the cost of establishment is increased 

 indefinitely, according to the tastes and requirements of 

 the principal. 



With the main essentials disposed of details can be 

 approached. 



A supply of manure is essential, and to reduce the 

 cost of this it is desirable to be near a railway station, 

 otherwise the expense of carting from the railway to the 

 garden may be as great as the first cost of the material. 

 It is rarely possible to get abundance of manure from 

 local sources, and so contracts have to be made in the 

 big towns. The development of motoring is leading to a 

 decrease in the number of town horses, and the cost of 

 town manure will probably tend to rise as time goes on. 

 Even an increase of sixpence a load must be considered, 

 because large quantities are needed. However, the 

 quantity can be reduced after the first three or four 

 years, because a good deal of terreau will have been 



