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the fruit-garden, Fig. 123 perhaps combines most of 

 these requirements. If the garden affords sufficient 

 space, this pattern can be repeated several times, so that 

 in each direction there is a circular tank of water near 

 where paths meet. By having tall uprights with roses on 

 them, and a pergola with fruit trained over it, the 

 vegetable-garden is not too much seen, for, interesting as 

 it is to the grower, it can seldom, without the help of 

 fruit and flowers, form as good a picture as the pleasure- 

 garden. 



Certain vegetables, however, are handsome in their 

 foliage, and amongst these should certainly be re- 

 membered the globe artichoke. It can safely be put near 

 a picturesque portion of the garden, for its ornate leaf 

 reminds us of the acanthus-leaf, so much introduced into 

 all design work, and it is one of those more or less 

 permanent crops which are left undisturbed in the same 

 spot for years. 



Another vegetable which is not sufficiently grown is a 

 self-blanching celery called " Plumes." The plants are put 

 out very close together upon the ground that a short time 

 before has been tremendously enriched for bringing on 

 early carrots and other French garden stuff. The great 

 advantage of this kind is that it needs no earthing-up, 

 and therefore, apart from the saving of work, it also 

 looks nicer than the ordinary celery in its ugly straight 

 trenches. The " Plumes " celery is ready for use in 

 September, and in taking up any of it a plank of wood is 

 laid across where the next row comes, so as to keep it 

 dark. The plants need no tying, for they stand erect, 

 being quite close together. 



It is often questioned what should be the width of main 

 paths in a kitchen-garden, such as Fig 123, and, as the 

 number of feet seldom conveys meaning to an amateur, we 

 would suggest the lime-tree gallery at Kensington 



