OF A GARDEN. ^201 



By making slips on the outside of the garden 

 wall, you will have plenty of ground for Goose- 

 berries, Currants, Strawberries, &c. You may al- 

 lot that part of the slips which lies nearest to the 

 stables, (if well sheltered, and exposed to the sun,) 

 for Melon and Cucumber beds ; and you can plant 

 both sides of the garden-wall, which will give a 

 great addition to the quantity of wall fruit. 



If the soil of the new garden be strong, it should 

 be ploughed or dug three or four times before you 

 plant any thing in it ; and if it be thrown up in 

 ridges during the winter, it will be of great service, 

 as the frost will meliorate and loosen its parts. 



Gardens, if possible, should lie near a river or 

 brook, that they may be well supplied with w^a- 

 ter. From these, if the garden does not lie too 

 high, the water may be conducted to it by drains, 

 or, which is much better, by pipes, taking care to 

 lay them low enough to receive the water in the 

 driest season, which is the time when it will be 

 most wanted. 



If there be no running water near the garden, 

 and if the latter lies on a declivity near a public 

 road, I would advise to make a hollow drain, or a 

 cut, from the most convenient part of the road, to 

 receive the water that washes tlie road in rainy 



two nails on the other side. The nail-heads should be sunk in- 

 to the wood, and small strips nailed over them ; then drive in 

 tenterhooks between the nail-points, and nail the whole firiVily 

 on the outside of the top of the paling. In this manner proceed 

 till ygu have finished the whole of the fence. 



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