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part of them may be carefully lifted to the glebe ; or 

 should the axe be laid to others it will only destroy 

 what at first cost a shilling or less, and that after a 

 bountiful return in the production of fruit. Besides, 

 it is no small pleasure to send a cart-load of such 

 trees to a friend who possesses a naked garden. 



Yet though such redundant plantation be recom- 

 mended, some part of the ground, in order to have 

 the best vegetables, where deep digging and occa- 

 sional trenching are requisite, should be kept always 

 entirely free from either root or branch of standards. 



Espaliers, subjected to the low training, do not 

 spread their roots so mightily, and are not the worse 

 for being curtailed when they encounter the opera- 

 tion of trenching; but no other trees should be 

 allowed to interfere with the best vegetable plots. 

 Rhubarb, sea-kale, artichokes, common greens, tur- 

 nips, potatoes, and some others, which either require 

 no depth or have strong roots, suffer little from the 

 proximity of trees, and therefore a considerable por- 

 tion of the ground destined for culinary purposes 

 may also contribute to the store of fruit. What- 

 ever is kept in grass, for sweetness to the eye, may 

 be studded with standard trees; but avoid, as you 

 would the blow of a poker, the straight rows of tree 

 and gooseberry, as they are seen in orchards, and 

 not less obnoxious though they cut the sward in the 

 manner of the handsomest diagrams. Whatever 

 portion you allot for shrubbery may also contribute 

 to the store of apples : and the effect of the ever- 

 greens, which show most beauty in winter, will. in 

 summer be much enlivened by the mingling of a 

 lighter green with the red or white blossom, and the 



