214 GARDENS: THEIR FORM AND DESIGN 



name of a place is the only surviving recollection of where 

 vines were planted in imitation of foreign ones, and 

 amongst these is Compton Wynates, which takes its name 

 from a famous vine that once grew there. 



It would seem that the old-fashioned arrangement of 

 growing a plentiful supply of fruit, together with 

 vegetables, is a good one, for town gardens or where 

 space is limited, for plain square plots of ground look best 

 outlined with espalier fruit, and unsightly buildings are thus 

 hidden from view. In a small kitchen-garden, where it is 

 important to plant as much as is possible in a limited space 

 for profit, it is a good plan to have bush fruit-trees outlining 

 all rotation plots. They form protecting lines down these 

 at intervals, whilst pyramid-shaped fruit-trees look well 

 breaking the line of an espalier. 



Care must be taken not to rob a small garden of sun- 

 light by planting too many large bush fruit-trees, and it is 

 for this reason that cordons, both on walls and little 

 dwarf ones as edgings to paths, are profitable as well 

 as ornamental. Their upward growth upon walls and 

 espaliers is to be encouraged, for the higher the wall, the 

 more fruit is obtainable, and by training the trees in a 

 sloping position where the walls are low, a large yield of 

 fruit is secured. Then again, wherever possible a 

 circular boundary wall is best, as it accommodates more 

 trees than a square one. 



The French have thoroughly mastered the art of 

 training fruit advantageously, but about this and the glossy 

 appearance of the stems and branches of well sprayed, 

 carefully cleaned trees, we yet have more to learn in 

 England. Each tree should have the same cared-for 

 appearance that a well-groomed horse presents in the 

 satin shine of his coat, and should not betray that 

 unmistakable green of moss and lichen that is a sure proof 

 of negligence. 



