GARDENING FOR PLEASURE. 



CHAPTER I. 

 LOCATION AND SOIL. 



WHENEVER practicable the location of the garden 

 should be such as is sheltered from the north and west, 

 either by hills or belts of timber. Where there is no such 

 shelter naturally, it is of the first importance to plant belts 

 of evergreens, such as Norway or Hemlock Spruce, in 

 double or treble lines, at distances of six or eight feet 

 apart, or if close enough to form hedges, all the better. 

 When this is not done, a high board fence for shelter will 

 answer a temporary purpose, but is neither so ornamental 

 nor so effective as the shelter given by growing trees. 

 Evergreens, such as Norway or Hemlock Spruce, can 

 be bought from two to three feet high, at from $15 to 

 $25 per hundred, and should be planted, according to 

 size, from three to four feet apart, making a cheap and 

 ever-improving screen or fence, which may be trimmed 

 to any required hight or thickness. 



It is rare, in determining the site for a residence, that 

 the soil is taken into consideration, and, in consequence, 

 we sometimes find that the garden surrounding the house 

 presents a barren appearance, that nothing can remedy 

 short of placing a foot of good soil over the whole surface. 

 This condition is not so often due to the natural poverty 

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