THE MANSE GARDEN. 



object than the pleasure of the eye. If you cannot 

 make your tree spread in all directions, the conse- 

 quence must be that you either want room for the 

 production of fruit, or you suffer crowding of the 

 branches, from which you have fruit of an inferior 

 quality. Besides, the south aspect of the tree is by 

 far the most productive; and if you do not effect a 

 sufficient growth to the westward, you have conse- 

 quently less of that surface which sees most of the sun. 



Besides apples and pears, a few other kinds of 

 fruit may be conveniently cultivated on standard 

 trees; and it may save the inexperienced planter from 

 disappointment to give some notice of the sorts and 

 their relative chances of success. Cherries and geens 

 may be set in some out-of-the-way place, or on the 

 worst soil, for the ornament of their white blossom 

 and for food to the birds. You will certainly get 

 none of the fruit; but such trees, by occupying the 

 enemy for a time, will cause a diversion in favour of 

 your garden. The greengage plum is copiously 

 produced on standards, but will rarely, except near 

 the level of the sea, come to maturity in that way: 

 the yellow magnum as to any chance of ripening is 

 out of the question, and the red magnum will not 

 hang on the tree. It is advisable to have one or two 

 standards of the Orleans plum, whose fruit comes to 

 maturity when that of the same kind on the wall is 

 expended. 



But by far the most profitable is the wild plum, 

 of which there are many varieties, and which, being 

 indigenous, or natural to this climate, requires neither 

 budding nor engrafting. A sucker from this root soon 

 grows a fine tree, and of so little delicacy that it may 



