LAYING OUT THE GARDEN 15 



than one acre in extent a road made sufficiently wide 

 to admit carts would be unnecessary ; the size of the 

 ground under cultivation would not warrant the trouble 

 and expense entailed. All the necessary materials for 

 the land could be carted to the entrance, there depos- 

 ited and transported in a wheelbarrow to any part of 

 the garden where they might be required. 



In addition to the main central road (which if it is to 

 admit horses and carts should not be less than nine feet 

 wide), as many smaller paths as are considered neces- 

 sary to allow of convenient access to every part of the 

 garden should be made. In the first place there must 

 be one all around at such a distance from the wall as 

 to leave a border wide enough for the proper accom- 

 modation of the roots of the wall trees. These borders, 

 as will be more fully explained later, will be very useful 

 for vegetables, and being protected by the walls, with 

 a south, east, west and north aspect respectively, they 

 are most valuable to the kitchen gardener. It is from 

 the south border that early vegetables will come, and 

 in prolonging the season of any particular product, 

 the north border is of only second importance. Hav- 

 ing the main central walk and the smaller walks run- 

 ning parallel with the walls, other small ones will also 

 have to be formed to divide up the remaining land 

 into convenient plots. In the accompanying plan there 

 are really three plots upon either side of the middle 

 road although, practically, one of these is absorbed by 

 the frame ground. 



In laying out the kitchen garden it is essential 



