lis APPKXDIX. 



I'ruit cultivator, will, I think, bo found interesting to 

 those who wish to make the most of a small garden: — 



" To Mr. Rlcerx. 



"Deae Sm, — I have derivdl much pleasure from 

 the cultivation of fruit trees in the different modes in- 

 troduced by you — as pyramids, bushes, and in jifjts, 

 under glass ; and you will be glad to iiear, as I am to 

 tell you, that the pleasure has bL-cu greatly enhanced 

 by success. Wishing to have a good many fruit trees, 

 and my garden being a small one, I have resorted to 

 many contrivances to make the most of my space : and 

 knowing that the subject is one interesting to you, I 

 venture to give you an account of some of them. 



" About seven years ago, I put downi on the cast and 

 west borders of one of my S(_[uares a row of stout and 

 straight larch j>oles, eighteen inches in tlie ground, 

 four feet above it. and three feet apart. Ther3 were 

 sheeted, on the side next the walk, with half-inch 

 boards, on the top of which was placed a rail two 

 inches wide ; stays were fixed against each end and 

 against the centre, to prevent shaking by the wind ; 

 and all got two coats of paint. The entire cost of the 

 structure, exclnsive of the polos, which I happened 

 previously to have, was sixpence for ouch running foot. 

 Aii'iiinst these walls I planted, on the side next the 

 walk, (Iwart'-traincd pear tives on i|uin(v storks, and 

 some plum tree-;. 1 then wont to the other side of my 

 wall, and plaulod tiuTo as many more trees — plaoiii!; 

 lliom intoiineilialoU liitwoen those at the ojiposito side, 

 so that tlio roofs of one should not inturfeiv with tliose 

 of another. I had tlms, on the spaoo nsually oooupiod 



