THE CULINARY GARDEN. 



plain and simple manner, methods of cultivating the 

 various culinary vegetables at present in ordinary 

 use, that may instruct the novice, and, perhaps, may 

 assist the adept in gardening. 



SECT. I. 



ON SITUATIONS FIT FOR KITCHEN-GARDENS. 



IN a great place, the kitchen-garden, considered 

 merely as such, should be so situated as to be con- 

 venient, and, at the same time, be concealed from 

 the house. It should be sheltered by plantations, 

 but should by no means be shaded, or be crowded 

 by them. If walled round, it should be open and 

 free on all sides, or at least to the south, east, and 

 west, that the walls may be clothed with fruit trees 

 on both sides. Round these walls should be a slip 

 of ground and an outer fence, capable of keeping 

 off cattle, and of excluding hares. This slip of 

 ground should be at least twenty feet broad, in or- 

 der to afford a sufficient border for the trees, and a 

 walk ; but it may be as much more in breadth as 

 may be necessary to give ground, with that inclosed 

 by walls, for the supply of the family ; and it may 

 be enlarged on all sides, or on any particular side, 

 for that purpose. 



The exposure should be towards the south, and 

 the aspect at some point between south-east and 



