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be unemployed, and thus he was enabled to ob- 

 serve the various modes of fruit culture practised 

 in different countries. 



This is an advantage, which is not always 

 within the reach of the most experienced gar- 

 dener. But with the exception of certain in- 

 digenous fruits, it is not necessary so to wander 

 to be convinced of the inferiority of continental 

 gardening, taken as a whole, compared with that 

 of England. It is only as we return northwards, 

 that we can appreciate the skill by which the 

 very necessities of climate have led to the in- 

 troduction of methods which have more than 

 compensated for the want of sun heat. A liberal 



/use of glass enables us, even without artificial 

 heat, to obtain dry and equable temperatures, 

 i which rival the climate of the most fertile portions 



( of France ; and this without risk of damage 

 from the spring frosts, which, in those localities, 



Vare so injurious to vegetation. 



It is not too much to anticipate the day when 

 every small garden will be considered deficient 

 in one of its most indispensable requisites, if it 

 fail to have its orchard house, as well as its modest 

 vinery. Persons of moderate means will ever 

 find the orchard house a source of amusement 

 and profit. It is easy to construct ; equally easy 

 to stock ; the management is simple and readily 

 understood, and the author is very desirous of 

 showing how a moderate amount of expense will 



