254 THE FRUIT GARDEN 



the spring could be enhanced by naturalising, in the grass beneath the trees, 

 such bulbs as snowdrop, crocus, scilla, narcissus, tulip, and camassia, and in 

 addition climbing plants as wistaria, clematis, jasmine, honeysuckle, roses, and 

 Polygonum baldschuanicum in time might be grown over some of the vigorous 

 varieties of apple and pear trees. In this case only standard fruit trees should 

 be planted. Although pruning the various trees mentioned need not be so 

 severely carried out where these are cultivated for their beauty as when 

 grown solely for fruit, yet as the object in both instances is the production of 

 flowers, whatever means are adopted to bring this about in the one case ought 

 to be useful in the other ; judicious pruning is quite as requisite in the flower 

 garden as elsewhere. Much more might easily be said regarding the orna- 

 mental value of hardy fruit trees, but sufficient has been written to indicate 

 the great wealth of material at our disposal for garden decoration, and to 

 show that fruit trees are no less beautiful than useful. 



