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GARDENING FOR THE 



alteration in the plan proposed for the home supply. In 

 this ease, of course, the planting should be on a large 

 scale, and the vegetables should be arranged in long 



rows or drills, so as to permit of cultivation with the 

 horse and plow. There is not much attention paid to 

 laying out walks and dividing the land up into systematic 

 and permanent plots, as in the case of the home garden, 

 but vegetables of the same kind are planted together in 

 the most convenient form for easy cultivation and har- 

 vesting. In all other respects, however, the rules govern- 

 ing one apply Avith equal force to the other method of 

 gardening. In harvesting and preparing the vegetables 

 for market the reader is referred to the chapter devoted 

 to that subject. 



Fencing. — The objects of fencing are to procure shelter 

 for delicate plants from cold winds, also shade for those 

 that require it, and, above all, to keep out of the garden 

 intruders of all kinds, that the owner may enjoy its fruits 

 without molestation. A high, close board fence, or a stone 

 or brick wall, tolerably answers the purpose; but the only 

 thing to be relied on is a living hedge. The ( )sage < ►range, 

 the Pyracanth, the Cherokee and single White Macartney 

 roses thrive in the South, and are all good for this pur- 

 pose. Osage Orange plants may be raised from seed, or 

 bought at the nurseries. The Fyraeanth, or Evergreen 

 Thorn (Cratoegus pyrapantha), will make a hedge as effect- 

 ual as the Osage Orange, and, as it is an evergreen, is 

 much the more desirable. The blossoms in spring are 

 very showy, and it is covered in winter with bright scarlet 

 berries, and hence it is often called the Burning-bush. 

 It grows freely from cuttings in sandy soil, but these 

 cuttings should remain in the uursery-bed a year, to 

 become well rooted before use. Citrus trifoliata, or Japan 

 Hardy Lemon, is considered by P. J. Berckmans as the 

 coming hedge plant for defensive as well as ornamental 



