94 THE MANSE GARDEN. 



vation itself will afford a most convenient receptacle 

 for the immense quantities of stones which occur in 

 trenching or raking the garden. Suppose the filling 

 up in this manner to he nearly completed, let a row 

 of large thin stones, set on edge, run along the 

 southern boundary, and rise two or three inches above 

 the surface of the ground. This will serve to keep 

 the mass of stones distinct from the earth, that there 

 may be no mingling in the process of digging. You 

 have then on the one side of this excavation the low 

 edging, and on the other a wall of four or five feet : 

 and the design is, in the course of time, to fill up, 

 with the riddlings of the garden or with clean stones, 

 in whatever way, the whole space from the summit 

 of the low edging to the top of the wall, to present 

 an inclined plane, facing the south and nearly at 

 right angles to the rays of the sun. On this fruit 

 trees are to be trained. 



But in order to save time, before the bank is 

 completed to its proper slope the trees may be planted 

 along the southern boundary, and trained, for two or 

 three years, upon poles laid from the edging to the 

 top of the wall, according to their future destination. 

 When the surface of the sloping bank is raised within 

 an inch or two of its proper height, let a layer of 

 coarse sifted gravel be laid on the top. This will 

 much improve the appearance, and increase the re- 

 flected heat, and, being free from small sand and 

 earthy particles, will give no birth to annual weeds. 



For the purpose of training, should peaches or 

 apricots be planted, a close trellis will be requisite ; 

 but apples or pears will require nothing more than 

 common espalier rails laid on the gravel and held in 



