32 GARDENING FOK THE SOUTH. 



Laying Out. — A convenient plan is given in Figure 1. 

 The borders aa should be amply wide, in large gardens 

 as much as twelve feet. The space b is laid out for the 

 asparagus bed; c the cold-frames; (/ the hot-beds (in those 

 sections of the South where needed); e the tool-house; 

 // may bo used for grapes, an arbor or a fountain as de- 

 sired. The remainder of the space is taken up with walks 

 and the plots //. The walks next the boundaries should 

 not be less than four and a half feet in width. The long 

 central walk should be at least five or six feet w r ide, so as 

 to admit a cart. In this case the main walk should pro- 

 ceed, as in the figure, from the entrance to near the far- 

 ther border, w T here a portion should.be taken off. of the 

 adjacent plots to form a circular turning place for the 

 cart and other vehicles brought into the garden. Plows 

 are used so much in the cultivation of the garden that 

 it is best to make the plots // without the usual cross 

 walks. In this case the borders should be made of suffi- 

 cient width to give room enough for all those vegetables 

 which will not permit cultivation with the plow. Where 

 only the spade and hoe are used, in quite small gardens, 

 the plots ff may be subdivided into smaller ones by walks 

 three to four and a half feet wide, extending from the 

 borders to the main walk; and a portion of these plots 

 should be laid out each year in beds four feet wide for 

 onions, beets, carrots, etc. The earth should be dug out of 

 the main walks four inches deep and spread evenly on 

 each side over the adjacent ground. These walks may be 

 covered with gravel, so that they will be kept dry and 

 attractive; or fresh tan-bark, if the garden is located 

 • convenient to a tanning establishment, may be used in- 

 stead of the gravel. The bark will keep out the weeds 

 for two years, when it should be used as a dressing for 

 the strawberry beds, and its place filled with a fresh sup- 



