THE VEGETABLE GARDEN 199 



main path. In either case I advocate the use 

 of a device to which I have already referred. 

 This consists in continuing the flower borders 

 on both sides of the path through the vege- 

 table plot, in the way shown in the illustration. 



The result is to extend the principal garden 

 vista in length, thus increasing the sense of 

 space, and, at the same time, to screen, more 

 or less, the part devoted to vegetables. 



It is true that these borders absorb a certain 

 amount of space, but that must be allowed for 

 in fixing the dimensions of the vegetable plot. 

 To complete the scheme it only remains to 

 add a transverse hedge or other barrier at the 

 near end of the vegetable plot and the thing 

 is done. These supplementary borders, if 

 preferred, may be reserved for flowers intended 

 for cutting, and some part for raising seedlings, 

 striking cuttings, and other utilitarian purposes. 



I have in mind a charming suburban garden 

 arranged in this way, in which the kitchen 

 plot with its borders of bold perennials, backed 

 by espaliers, and edged with herbs, is not the 

 least interesting part of the garden. 



But there are many other touches the gar- 

 dener may give to his vegetable ground to 



