66 THE WILD GARDEN. 
you can suggest any other similar fruit-bearing trees or shrubs, as we 
should like to carry out our idea well, Our house is in Sussex, between 
Midhurst and Haslemere.—C. 8. R. 
[An excellent idea! There are many fruits which could 
be grown this way that people do not usually give space to, 
and this applies to the varieties of cultivated fruits, as well as 
species that are never cultivated. The natural order to which 
most of our fruit trees belong contains many other species, not 
without merit as fruits, scattered throughout the temperate 
regions of the northern world. These trees and shrubs happen 
also to be most beautiful of flowering trees and shrubs in 
spring, and are well worthy of culture on that account alone. 
In Japan, North America, and even the continent of Europe, 
one frequently sees fruits that are never seen in our gardens; 
such fruits will be quite at home in the wild orchard. For 
the sake of growing one family of fruiting bushes alone—the 
fruiting brambles of America and other countries—a consider- 
able piece of ground might be profitably devoted. Even 
amongst the English wild Blackberries there is considerable 
variety and a good deal of unrecognised merit. Such plants 
can only be grown fairly where there is considerable space. 
If so much beauty and interest, and even good fruit, may be 
found in one neglected family, it suggests how interesting the 
subject is when considered in relation to the great number of 
our hardy fruit trees and shrubs. A good feature of such a 
garden would be plantations of such Apples and Pears as are 
most remarkable for the beauty of their flowers and fruit, 
some being much more striking in that respect than others.] 
