SUBURBAN GARDENS 



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miniature of Versailles, with statues and a " rond point"; 

 and in the place of beech, box, or yew, were gooseberries. 

 They were trained in every kind of fantastic shape, such 

 as we usually see evergreens cut to resemble. The very 

 delightful style of the writer has perhaps had much to do 

 with the lasting recollection of such a novel kind of garden, 

 but the practical side of the idea should also be emphasized. 

 There is no profit other than historic association to be 

 had from a clipped 

 yew, but a goose- 

 berry trained as a 

 pyramid or parasol 

 will yield more fruit 

 than if it be left as a 

 natural, round, and 

 dense prickly bush. 

 The sun will pene- FIG. 90. 



trate and ripen the 



fruit when a bush is so trained, and this in a small garden 

 is of moment. 



A good idea for economizing space and for planting as 

 much fruit as possible in a practical as well as an artistic 

 way is to plant pears on a wall, leave a good pathway 

 in front of them, as at B, and then plant cordons of pears 

 at C. Let them lean over slightly towards the wall, thus 

 forming an archway over the path (Fig. 90). 



In Fig 91 shade, beauty, and profit are combined by 

 means of paths over which are trained, in some places 

 roses, in others fruit. The vegetable plots are in this way 

 somewhat concealed, and yet they obtain a sufficiency of 

 sunshine, since the garden is on a slope towards the 

 south. Near the house is C, a level terrace where a 

 broad walk commands the distant view and a tiny lawn 

 gives a playground for children. Upon the edge of the 

 terrace is a trellis screen which helps conceal the plain 



