FRUIT AND KITCHEN GARDEN. 



In this compartment are cultivated the articles which 

 are necessary for the supply of the kitchen and the 

 dessert-table. In England, it is usually enclosed with 

 walls, not only for the sake of security and general shel- 

 ter, but to afford the means of cultivating in that climate 

 the finer fruits by training the trees close to the walls. 

 In the United States, little or no protection against cold 

 is necessary, unless it be in the more northern sections. 

 But the English garden must be furnished with hot- 

 houses, melon-frames, and similar contrivances, by 

 which the fruits of warmer climates are subjected to an 

 artificially increased temperature, and thus brought to 

 maturity. .The size of a walled garden ought evidently 

 to bear some proportion to the splendor of the mansion- 

 house of which it is an appendage, to the extent of the 

 park, and the means of the family. Where the demand 

 is large, such a garden should not comprehend less 

 than from four to six acres. In many places, this extent 

 will not afi"ord an adequate supply of culinary vegeta- 

 bles, but some of the bulkier crops, such as peas, 

 potatoes, and turnips, may be raised in the orchard, 

 or on the home farm. From an acre and a half to- three 

 acres may be regarded as forming a respectable middle- 

 sized garden ; but, within the limits already mentioned. 



